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Show Me the Honey: Sainsbury's Hive Network Aids Bee Crisis

Bees are the buzzing guardians of the food chain--without them, some of our favorite fruits and vegetables (strawberries, almonds, watermelon, and cucumbers, to name a few) would never get pollinated. That realization--along with a ...READ»

Sainsbury's Tests On-the-Fly Supply Chain Tweaking

Think about how much food is wasted in a grocery store every time a thunderstorm interrupts a spring or summer holiday. All that extra meat and salad prepped in store freezers is left to go bad as people ditch their barbecue plans ...READ»

Will Vibrations Power Your Next Cell Phone?

We've covered the concept of kinetic energy before and have even seen it put to work at a Sainsbury grocery store, where vehicles in the parking lot power the checkout line. Now researchers at the University of Bristol in the U.K. ...READ»

World's Longest Solar-Powered Footbridge Feeds the Grid

Brisbane, Australia, has completed the ultimate feel-good footbridge--a 470-meter structure plastered in 84 solar panels that power LED lights and feed excess energy to the electrical grid. The Kurilpa Bridge, which connects South ...READ»

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"Far Foods" Guilts Grocery Shoppers Into Buying Local

It's easy to buy strawberries and plums in February if you don't think about the thousands of miles they traveled to land on grocery store shelves. James Reynold's "Far Foods" concept makes it more difficult to ignore by placing ...READ»