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Australia's Global Role in Helping Safeguard Nuclear Technologies

ANSTO, Australia’s knowledge centre for nuclear science and technology, is playing a vital role in a global monitoring system designed to ensure peaceful uses of nuclear technology.

From ANSTO (Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) 5 Aug 2022

Novel Photocatalyst Sheet Helps Curtail the Rise of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Northumbria University have developed an innovative and novel technology that converts carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight into acetate and oxygen, which could help create high-value fuels and chemicals generated by renewable energy.

4 Aug 2022

UK’s First Hydrogen-Electric Truck - Featuring Luxfer Gas Cylinders – Launches, in Showcase of Country’s Clean Tech Expertise

Alternative fuel experts at Luxfer Gas Cylinders are celebrating the launch of the UK’s first mass produced hydrogen-electric truck, in a historic milestone that is the result of a partnership between the Nottingham-based firm and fellow pioneers, Tevva Hydrogen Electric Trucks.

From Luxfer Gas Cylinders 3 Aug 2022

The Impact of Economic Crisis and Prosperity on Green Purchasing

A cross-sectional study was conducted by the Financial Economics II and Economics and Business departments at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country to determine whether economic peaks and troughs have different effects on internal (consumer motivations, attitudes, and perceived effectiveness) and external (environmental information and marketing) factors that affect green behavior, such as green activism and green purchasing.

1 Aug 2022

Fighting Climate Change with Containerised Research Laboratories

Research shows that there’s more carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere than ever before in human history. UNDO are tackling the detrimental effects of climate change using enhanced weathering removal, which is based on the natural weathering of rocks.

From UNDO 27 Jul 2022

Research Provides Evidence of Link Between Climate Change and Civil Unrest Among the Ancient Maya

Scientists have discovered that a lengthy drought led to the collapse and abandonment of the prehistoric Mexican city of Mayapan, demonstrating evidence of a connection between climate change and civil unrest among the ancient Maya.

25 Jul 2022

Brillouin Energy Demonstrates High-Tech Boiler that can Pave the Way to a Clean Energy Future

Brillouin Energy Corp, whose mission is to create the "New Era of Energy" to address energy security and climate change, will demonstrate publicly for the first time at ICCF24 a revolutionary new high-tech boiler system that can help the world transition from fossil fuel energy to a non-carbon, completely pollution-free and sustainable energy with vast environmental benefits for both the planet and humanity.

22 Jul 2022

Rail Systems Could Help Mitigate Climate Change and Clean Air of CO2

ail systems around the world could help mitigate climate change and clean the air of CO2 by capturing the sustainable energy generated when trains break and decelerate.

21 Jul 2022

Reports Lead to Overestimates of Actual Carbon Stored by 19-30 Per Cent

This is according to a new report from Imperial College London published today in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.

20 Jul 2022

Exponential Power Acquires Elite Technologies & Communications

Exponential Power, Inc. has acquired Elite Technologies & Communications, expanding the company’s position as an industry leading supplier of DC power, products, solutions and services. Elite Technologies & Communications (Elite Tech) specializes in advanced network communications, including central office engineering, DC power installation, transport, access and switching.

From Exponential Power, Inc. 14 Jul 2022