The Honeybee and the Hive exhibition in London looks at the declining honey bee population problem from artists' point of view. The show features a group of 28 craftsmen and women working in different materials, but all inspired by the wonder of the bee and disturbed by its loss.

Scientists from the University of South Florida have realized the ability of prickly pear cactus to remove sediment and bacteria from contaminated water.

A group of individuals in University Park, Maryland have established a limited liability corporation that will use a local church as the site of a new distributed solar power installation. The plan mirrors a much larger distributed solar energy program embarked upon last year by Duke Energy, one of the largest utility companies in the U.S.