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Ethanol can be Effective Intermediate for Sustainable Production of Low-Cost Fuels

A new study has found that a technology created by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and optimized by Vertimass LLC to convert ethanol into fuels useful for shipping, aviation, and other heavy-duty applications can be cost-competitive with traditional fuels, and also retain the sustainability benefits of bio-based ethanol.

27 Nov 2019

Sustainable Production of Fine Chemicals, Biofuels from Renewable Biomass

Researchers have given a new boost to a step toward a more sustainable bio-based economy, by successfully simplifying a process of converting waste materials into valuable chemicals.

27 Nov 2019

MIT’s Sustainability Garden Makes Space for Community, Plants, and Pollinators

Tucked beside Walker Memorial, just across from the Charles River, is a new space for the MIT community, native plants, and some important supporters — pollinators. The Hive Garden, a first-of-its-kind garden at MIT, recently opened on Saxon Lawn, creating a small and unique outdoor community space on campus.

27 Nov 2019

Coated Seeds Could Make It Possible to Grow Crops in Unproductive Soils

A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes.

26 Nov 2019

Bird Nest Inspires Engineers to Build New Bricks from Plastic Waste

A new brick made from domestic plastic waste has been proven to provide 10 times better insulation than traditional bricks made from clay.

25 Nov 2019

Millions of Coral Babies ‘Turbo-Charged’ in Floating Nurseries to Restore Damaged Parts of the Great Barrier Reef

Coral researchers are working night and day on the Great Barrier Reef to complete a radically new approach to mass coral re-seeding, successfully rearing millions of hardy coral babies following the reef’s famous mass coral spawning event.

23 Nov 2019

Giant Footprints Appear on Whitby Bay to Highlight the Carbon Footprint of Our Vehicles

Visitors to the picturesque Whitby Bay Beach in North Yorkshire were shocked last week when they came across two giant footprints in the sand at the popular beauty spot.

23 Nov 2019

Factoring Climate-Water Impacts into Electric Grid Planning is Crucial

University-based and national laboratory scientists have performed a new analysis using a new modeling method for long-lasting electricity generation infrastructure planning that takes into account future climate and water resource conditions.

22 Nov 2019

EuPC: Digital Platform to Monitor Uptake of Recycled Polymers Now Available in UK

EuPC has launched Monitoring Recyclates for Europe (MORE) the single, unified online tool to monitor the uptake of recycled polymers into products and is available for the use by converters in the United Kingdom (UK).

From European Plastics Converters 22 Nov 2019

ABB Proves World-First Subsea Power Technology System, Signaling New Era for Offshore Oil and Gas

ABB’s pioneering subsea power distribution and conversion technology system is commercially viable, bringing groundbreaking potential for cleaner, safer and more sustainable offshore oil and gas production, following the completion of a 3,000-hour shallow water test.

From ABB 21 Nov 2019