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A new European Project will develop technologies for dismantling end-of-life wind turbine blades to increase their circularity

The REWIND research project will also implement new methods of composite recycling and repurposing for the construction and automotive industries. AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, is the coordinator of this res...

From AIMPLAS 21 Oct 2024

Revolutionizing Waste into Biopolymers

Researchers from Aalborg University are working to transform the potential applications of biomass from wastewater treatment facilities.

21 Oct 2024

2024 State of the Climate Report Highlights Urgent Need for Action

A paper recently published in BioScience presented the 2024 State of the Climate Report, highlighting the planet's worsening condition due to climate change.

By Dr. Noopur Jain 21 Oct 2024

Beam Global Launches Innovative Water Desalination and E-Mobility System

Beam Global, a leading provider of innovative and sustainable infrastructure solutions for the electrification of transportation and energy security, today announced the official launch of the BeamWell™ water desalination and e-mobility delivery system.

18 Oct 2024

Industry Collaboration Helps Sterilizer Meet New Ethylene Oxide (EO) Regulation Ahead of Compliance Date

Under new regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), sterilization companies that utilize Ethylene Oxide (EO) have until April 2026 to ensure pollution control technologies are in place to remove up to 99.99% of the emissions coming from aeration rooms, sterilization chamber exhausts, and back vents, or shut down production.

From Anguil Environmental Systems 18 Oct 2024

Elevated PFAS Contamination Detected in Bottled Water

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, and Hainan University in Haikou published their findings in ACS ES&T Water, revealing a wide range of PFAS contamination for target PFAS, beginning with 63% of bottled waters tested.

18 Oct 2024

Dolphin Breath Contains Microplastics, Study Finds

Researchers at the College of Charleston in South Carolina have discovered microplastic particles in the air exhaled by wild bottlenose dolphins.

17 Oct 2024

A Comprehensive Review of Tropical Storm Observation Technology

Jiali Wang and colleagues at Argonne National Laboratory, the National Science Foundation National Center of Atmospheric Research, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Michigan Technological University, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory conducted a thorough review of tropical storm observation technology, which was published in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy by AIP Publishing.

16 Oct 2024

Sulfide Oxidation in Permafrost: Impacts on Climate Change

A recent study investigated the temperature sensitivity of mineral permafrost feedback on a continental scale. It focused on the oxidative weathering of sulfide minerals in sedimentary rocks, which releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, potentially contributing to climate change.

By Muhammad Osama 15 Oct 2024

Vianode Inaugurates Via ONE the World’s Most Sustainable Anode Graphite Plant for Batteries

Vianode, an advanced battery materials company providing sustainable anode graphite solutions, has officially opened its first full-scale anode graphite production plant Via ONE at Herøya, Norway.

From Vianode 15 Oct 2024

Selective Breeding Technique to Enhance Coral Heat Tolerance

A study published in Nature Communications highlights the world’s first attempt to selectively breed adult corals for enhanced heat tolerance, led by specialists at Newcastle University’s Coralassist Lab. The findings show that coral heat tolerance can be slightly improved through selective breeding, and this increase was observed within a single generation of adult coral offspring.

15 Oct 2024

Streamlining Solar Cell Structure and Fabrication for More Affordable Energy —Fresh Research at City University of Hong Kong Published in Science

A new fabrication technique for substantially enhancing the prospects of commercializing perovskite solar cells through improved stability, reliability, efficiency and affordability is underway at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK).

15 Oct 2024