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New Technology can Provide a More Sustainable Energy Storage Solution

Pipes and anchors may play a more significant role in storing energy that could never have been imagined before.

24 Jun 2021

New Software Could Help design Sustainable Cities

New technology could help cities around the world improve people's lives while saving billions of dollars.

22 Jun 2021

Sustainable, Biodiversity-Friendly Agro-Food System could feed Europe by 2050

Food has become one of the major challenges of the 21st century. According to a study carried out by CNRS scientists1, an organic, sustainable, biodiversity-friendly agro-food system, could be implemented in Europe and would allow a balanced coexistence between agriculture and the environment.

21 Jun 2021

Research Tool Supports Sustainable Development in the Agricultural Sector

IIASA, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the Environmental System Research Institute are proud to announce the launch of version 4 of the Global Agro-Ecological Zones platform - a research tool that supports sustainable development in the agricultural sector - on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought.

18 Jun 2021

Enevate's Next Generation Battery Technology Provides Lower Carbon Footprint During Electric Vehicle (EV) Manufacturing

Enevate, a pioneering battery innovation company featuring extreme fast charge and high energy density battery technologies for electric vehicles (EVs) and other markets, delivers up to 27 percent reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for manufacturing of EV batteries with Enevate's XFC-EnergyTM technology compared to today's conventional lithium-ion EV batteries (21 percent for NCA and 27 percent for NMC cells [kg CO2 eq. cradle-to-gate, per 1 KWh cell capacity]).

From Enevate Corporation 17 Jun 2021

Aqua Perfecta Innovates for Clean Air Day with Pollution Postcode Checker

Aqua Perfecta is calling on the public this Clean Air Day (17 June) to check the potential pollutants in the air in their postcode.

17 Jun 2021

Local Rice Varieties in Vietnam Could be Used to Breed Improved Climate-Resilient Crops

Local rice varieties in Vietnam could be used to help breed improved crops with higher resilience to climate change, according to a new study published in Rice.

16 Jun 2021

Artificial Photosynthesis Shows Promise as Sustainable, Clean Energy Source

Human beings can do numerous things that cannot be performed by plants. They can walk around, hear, talk, see and touch. However, plants have one significant advantage over human beings: they can produce energy directly from the sun.

16 Jun 2021

Mains to Rains Website Promotes Improved Water Management Practices in Gardening

Researchers at Cranfield University have worked with colleagues at the Royal Horticultural Society to launch a new website aimed at saving water in the garden.

15 Jun 2021

New Eco-Friendly Technology Generates Energy from Textile Waste

A research team from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and the Lithuanian Energy Institute has suggested a new technique to transform lint-microfibers found in cloth dryers into energy.

15 Jun 2021