Environmental Research Advocates

How did you spend World Environment Day 2017?World Environment Day (WED) is observed every year on June 5 to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. It is run by the United Nations Environment Programme...

Dismayed by the current anti science direction of the U.S.? Take heart, bright young minds shined in creative exploration of cutting edge nano science as ERAscience partnered with CNSI UCLA in the first annual Nanovation Competition on May 1st.The 2 teams pictured...

Team ERAscience added our voice and feet to the March for Science Los Angeles.Tell us how you spent Earth Day 2017.  

ERAscience is excited to collaborate with the brilliant team at CNSI UCLA in the creation of the first annual Nanovation Competition. The competition is designed to provide young science innovators with the necessary tools to develop and present their nanoscience...

Prepping continues as finalist team members work with mentors to develop their project presentation skills for the May 1 Nanovation Competition judging. 

National Get Up Day is celebrated February 1 in the US "is an opportunity to share inspiring stories of perseverance; it’s a reminder to pick ourselves up when we’ve fallen and give it (whatever it may be) another go!"Science and academia have...

Climate change is no hoax and no joke. Work wrapped up yesterday in Marrakech, Morocco, where nearly 200 nations participated in the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP22) meeting to agree on methods to implement the 2015 Paris agreement to limit...

Great day as ERAscience, CNSI UCLA (California NanoSystems Institute) and Univision, collaborate to bring fun, hands on science experience to 30,000 kids and their parents at Univision's 2016 Feria de Educacion held at Cal State Northridge University Satuday...

Their goofy handshake may have looked like an homage to the Marx Brothers, but the shared commitment of President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto to see half of the continent’s electricity...

Planes and boats and trains. Solar power hopes to take the renewable energy lead in getting us, and everything we need, where we want to go in emission free style!Solar's triple threat this week:Planes.Solar Impulse 2, the largest solar-powered aircraft in the...

World Environment Day (WED) is observed every year on June 5 to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. It is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). "World Environment Day (WED) is the...

In a case of everything old is new again, London Taxi Co unveils development of fleet ofall-electric iconic black London cabs!London 1897-The most exciting thing that happened in transportation in London of the 1890s is the Bersey Cab that hit the streets in 1897....

Do you find waiting for your bus to arrive a drain on your energy? You may feel a little differently now as London and San Fransisco each unveil solar-powered bus shelters that can generate enough electricity to power your home!The London bus shelter—the first...

How did you celebrate Earth Day 2016? Around the world trees were planted, rivers and streams cleaned, and countless events were held with the united goal of ensuring our planet's health and humanity's future.Impressively, Solar Impulse 2 joined the day of...

It's the size of a desk and can power 10,000 homes! Looks like there's a new renewable energy super hero in town...the 10 kilowatt watt supercritical carbon dioxide turbine!As far back as 2012 there were rumors of a carbon dioxide run turbine on the horizon...

Dude, where's my plane? Canadian company Hempearth creates the world's first airplane made from and fueled by hemp!Different parts of the hemp plant have been used for centuries to create many different types of products including consumer textiles, medicine,...

The race for viable tobacco based jet fuel is now smoking hot! In fact Boeing's Project Solaris, and Virginia company Tyton Bioenergy are each so close to lift off with their fuel products that we may be flying leafy green tobacco powered flights within...

It may sound coney, but Australian researchers have developed nanocones, a nanostructure material that increases solar efficiency by 15%!The team of scientists at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology announced the development of the nanocone, which is a type of...

What does man's carbon footprint into the atmosphere and the cement/concrete sidewalk beneath your feet have in common? A lot it seems, and a team of Researchers at UCLA have a plan to capture carbon from power plant smokestacks and use it to create a new building...

Environmental Research Advocates (ERAscience.org), Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and CNSI (California Nano Systems Institute), launched a revolutionary inner-city teaching program to support science education for underserved children.  Perimeter...