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What Happens When Nanoparticles Enter The Food Chain?

Too tiny to see or touch, manmade nanoparticles are increasingly becoming a by-product of industry and chemical and pharmaceutical technology. But once these super small materials enter the water supply, do t...

22 Jun 2009

Creating Green Electricity From Biomass

Electricity generated from cellulosic biomass is clean, cost effective, renewable, and environmentally friendly

22 Jun 2009

Carbon Footprint of Jet Fuel Could Be Reduced by Over 80 Percent With The Use of BioFuel

Jet fuel refined from the seeds of a cousin to the cabbage could cut jet fuel's cradle-to-grave carbon emissions by 84 percent, a researcher at Michigan Technological University has discovered

22 Jun 2009

Sustainability Hub Launched at Kingston University, London

From using rainwater to flush its toilets to advising local businesses on how to reduce their carbon footprint, Kingston University in south-west London already has a good track record on sustainability. But it hopes to make an even greater impact by bringing together its work in this area into a Sustainability Hub

18 Jun 2009

Scotch Whisky Makers Agree to Go Environmentally Friendly

Scottish distillers, makers of iconic Scotch whiskies, have agreed to 'green' their production processes, meaning that whisky drinkers everywhere soon will be able to sit back with a single malt and know they are helping to fight climate change

18 Jun 2009

Patent Awarded to Renewable Biomaterial Based Surfactant for Detergents

The Spanish Patent and Trade Mark Office has recently accepted a patent of the University of Cadiz to produce a new surfactant component using renewable raw materials, which improves the quality of detergents as they are less pollutant

18 Jun 2009

Legal Loopholes Need Closing To Stop Nanotechnology Facing Same Litigation Disaster as Asbestos

Billions of dollars in potential asbestos-like litigation risks for nanotechnology companies and investors are now hidden due to weak regulations governing disclosures of liabilities, according to a major new report from the Investor Environmental Health Network

17 Jun 2009

Students Learn About Biorenewables and Kickstarting a Bioeconomy

Iowa State University's first Intensive Program in Biorenewables attracted 46 students from across the country and around the world. They're spending two weeks in talks, tours, demonstrations and tests that cover the science, the opportunities and the challenges of developing a bioeconomy

14 Jun 2009

Sustainable Biofuels For Aircraft Will Be On the Market in a Couple of Years

Within three to five years, the first drops of sustainable aviation biofuels could be entering the tanks of aircraft, according to the Geneva-based Air Transport Action Group

14 Jun 2009

Mercury Free Button Battery Made by Sony

Sony Corporation has announced the realization of a mercury-free alkaline button battery (LR), and plans to commercialize six models of those environmentally conscious batteries

12 Jun 2009