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King’s Scientists Use Laundry Detergent Enzyme to Recycle Single-Use Plastics

Scientists at King’s College London have developed an innovative solution for recycling single-use bioplastics commonly used in disposable items such as coffee cups and food containers.

31 Jan 2024

Monolith and About: Energy Partner to Accelerate Development of Next-Generation EV Batteries

Monolith, artificial intelligence (AI) software provider to the world’s leading engineering teams, has partnered with industry-leading battery technology innovator About:Energy to ease the growing pressure for more accurate and scalable electric vehicle (EV) battery modelling and testing.

31 Jan 2024

Habitat Loss and Climate Change Drive the Decline in North America Bird Populations

According to recent data, bird populations in North America have declined by approximately 2.9 billion birds, a loss of more than one in four birds since 1970. Experts say this bird loss will continue to grow unless changes are made in our daily lives.

30 Jan 2024

CTR Breaks Ground on the Lithium Valley Campus with Its First $1.85 Billion Clean Lithium and Power Development

Controlled Thermal Resources Holdings Inc. (CTR) broke ground today on the world's first fully integrated lithium and renewable power production facility as part of its multi-billion-dollar clean energy precinct – the Lithium Valley Campus.

From Controlled Thermal Resources 30 Jan 2024

NexWafe Expands to the US to Reshore Solar Wafer Production

NexWafe GmbH (NexWafe) has established a U.S. subsidiary to evaluate the development of multi-gigawatt-scale solar wafer production in the U.S. with an initial target production volume of six gigawatts (GW).

30 Jan 2024

Transmutex SA, a Geneva-Based Company, Raises Over CHF 20 Million in an Extension of Its Series A to Further Develop and Commercialize Its Subcritical Nuclear Energy System

Transmutex SA, a nuclear engineering company based in Geneva, Switzerland, announces a new round of financing to further develop its pivotal solution to a safer, lower-cost, proliferation-resistant nuclear energy technology. The Series A2 round is co-led by Union Square Ventures and Steel Atlas.

30 Jan 2024

EDP Renewables Expands Presence Into Australia

EDP Renewables (EDPR), a global leader in renewables, has expanded its Asia Pacific presence into Australia to tap into the country’s substantial growth prospects in renewable energy.

30 Jan 2024

SIHOT and LADE Facilitate Hotel EV Charging

Leading hotel management system, SIHOT, together with energy transition start-up LADE, is facilitating improved guest experiences with connected onsite electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs.

30 Jan 2024

Alpine Glacier Meltwater Washes Away Decades of Climate Data

As part of the Ice Memory initiative, PSI researchers, with colleagues from the University of Fribourg and Ca' Foscari University of Venice as well as the Institute of Polar Sciences of the Italian National Research Council (CNR), analyzed ice cores drilled in 2018 and 2020 from the Corbassière glacier at Grand Combin in the canton of Valais.

29 Jan 2024

Compact, Faster-Moving Storms More Likely to be Sensitive to Global Warming

A group from Nagoya University in Japan has found that larger, slower-moving typhoons are more likely to be resilient against global warming.

29 Jan 2024

Model Reveals How Microplastics May Bioaccumulate in the Galápagos Islands Food Web

Modeling shows how microplastics may bioaccumulate in the Galapagos Islands food web, with Galapagos penguins most affected, according to a study published January 24, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.

25 Jan 2024

New Study Paints a Grim Picture About Melting Glaciers in the European Alps

Even if global warming were to stop completely, the volume of ice in the European Alps would fall by 34% by 2050. If the trend observed over the last 20 years continues at the same rate, however, almost half the volume of ice will be lost as has been demonstrated by scientists from the University of Lausanne (UNIL, Switzerland) in a new international study.

25 Jan 2024