Everyone needs light. After the sun goes down, you need some kind of artificial illumination to read, to clean up the house, to work. And if you’re off the grid in a developing country, then that ...

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An Indian social enterprise start-up is helping people living in urban slums to use clean energy by changing their kerosene lamps for solar lanterns and wood ...

My June 15 post, “The Kerosene Lamp”, received reader comments that deserve sharing. Who in this era of ultra-dark-defying lighting would take the time to comment on the old kerosene lamp? Well, ...

In West Africa, where three-quarters of the population lives without electricity, households spend as much as 20 percent of their budget on kerosene, a combustible fuel burned for lighting. Not only ...

A bioreactor is a useful thing to have in any biology lab. Fundamentally, it’s a tank in which biological activity can be nurtured and controlled. [The Thought Emporium] needed a visual aid for an ...

Before the widespread adoption of electricity and the dominance of rechargeable lamps and generating sets, the humble kerosene lamp held sway in Nigerian homes, shops and rural communities, lighting ...

Indian start-up hopes a simple payment plan will persuade many urban slum dwellers to switch to solar lanterns and cleaner stoves, improving their health and cutting use of fossil fuels NEW DELHI ...