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Optimizing Urban Microgrids for Resilience and Equity

In a recent study in Nature Sustainability, researchers explored how urban microgrid planning can enhance city resilience, well-being, and equity against diverse threats such as natural disasters and cyber-attacks.

By Muhammad Osama 26 Jul 2024

A Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining is Essential for Ocean Health

Negotiators from around the world are in Kingston, Jamaica this week for International Seabed Authority (ISA) meetings. Member countries are expected to hold the first-ever open debate on a deep sea mining moratorium, wi...

26 Jul 2024

Innovative Method to Produce Hydrogen Using Recycled Aluminum and Seawater

MIT engineers have developed a fast and sustainable method for producing hydrogen fuel using aluminum, saltwater, and coffee grounds.

26 Jul 2024

Machine Learning Revolutionizes Biological Waste Management

A research team from Tongji University published a review in Circular Economy that examined the use of ML in the biological treatment of organic wastes.

25 Jul 2024

Acoustic Pollution Disrupts Critical Oyster Behaviors

Scientists from The University of Adelaide have shown that noise from human activities is disrupting the natural auditory cues that baby oysters use to locate themselves in particular habitats. The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

25 Jul 2024

Solvent-Free Flash Joule Heating Enables High-Yield Battery Recovery

A research team at Rice University is addressing the environmental challenge of efficiently recycling lithium-ion batteries as their usage continues to rise.

25 Jul 2024

Renewable E-Methanol Shows Promise as Green Fuel

In a recent study published in iEnergy, a group of researchers from Tsinghua University looked into the viability of using various carbon sources, such as bio-carbon, direct air capture (DAC), fossil fuel carbon capture (FFCC), and fossil sources, to produce renewable e-methanol.

25 Jul 2024

Tree-Inspired 3D-Printed Solar Steam Generators for Efficient Desalination

Faced with the world's impending freshwater scarcity, researchers in Singapore turned to solar steam generators, which are emerging as a promising device for seawater desalination. The team sought design inspiration from trees and harnessed the potential of 3D printing.

25 Jul 2024

Mango Materials' Biomanufacturing Breakthrough: Turning Methane into Eco-Friendly Plastics

Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is naturally produced in many crucial industries such as agriculture and wastewater treatment.

24 Jul 2024

Unprecedented Wildfires in Canada Unleash Massive Arsenic Cloud

A recent study reveals a worrying consequence of the devastating 2023 wildfire season in Canada.

24 Jul 2024

Registrar Corp Acquires Foodsteps as Food Industry Faces Mounting Pressures to Deliver Supply Chain Sustainability

Registrar Corp (“Registrar”), a Paine Schwartz Partners portfolio company and the U.S.’ leading provider of regulatory and compliance software for food, cosmetic, and life science companies, has acquired Foodsteps, a pioneering UK-based company dedicated to helping food businesses reduce the environmental impact of their products.

From Foodsteps 24 Jul 2024

New Database Empowers Wildfire Management Strategies

Scientists at Oregon State University developed a Fire Program Analysis Fire-Occurrence Database.

23 Jul 2024

Harnessing Electricity for Sustainable Fuel Production

Chemists have been working to synthesize high-value materials from waste molecules for years.

23 Jul 2024

onsemi Selected to Power Volkswagen Group’s Next-Generation Electric Vehicles

onsemi announced today it has signed a multi-year deal with Volkswagen Group to be the primary supplier of a complete power box solution as part of its next-generation traction inverter for its Scalable Systems Platform (SSP).

From onsemi 23 Jul 2024

GPID’s Second Annual $10M Prize Fund Targets Science and Higher Education Communities to Address Global Water Scarcity

The Global Prize Innovation in Desalination (GPID) has launched the 2024 edition of its $10M prize fund through a series of crowdsourcing challenges, which include prizes for Breakthrough Award for developing technologies and Most Impactful Lab/Accelerator in Water Production Technology.

23 Jul 2024