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Volvo Buses Receives Order for 60 High-Capacity Electric Buses from Malmö

Volvo Buses has signed yet another large order for electrified buses. Nobina has placed an order for 60 high-capacity electric buses which will enter service in Malmö next year.

1 Feb 2020

Smart Heating Control System Offers Greater Comfort, Reduces Energy Costs

Empa researchers believe that buildings can learn to save energy on their own. The researchers performed experiments in which they fed a “smart” self-learning heating control system with temperature data collected from the present weather forecast, as well as from the previous year.

31 Jan 2020

Creating New Electrochemical Technology to Secure Future Energy of the Planet

Before Fikile Brushett wanted to be an engineer, he wanted to be a soccer player. Today, however, Brushett is the Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Chair, and associate professor of chemical engineering. Building 66 might not look much like a soccer field, but Brushett says the sport taught him a fundamental lesson that has proved invaluable in his scientific endeavors.

31 Jan 2020

Researchers Develop Method for Recycling Plant-Based Polylactic Acid

A team of researchers have designed a new method for disintegrating plant-based plastics into their initial building blocks, possibly enabling products to be recycled more than once, without any loss in the plastic quality.

30 Jan 2020

New Method to Effectively Protect Future Biodiversity Against Climate Change

Suitable conditions are required by all plants and animals for their survival. Such conditions include an acceptable range of temperatures, a specific amount of light, and access to sources of water, food, and shelter.

29 Jan 2020

Study Reveals Impact of Growing Tropical Land Use on Global Carbon Cycle

Scientists at Lund University, Sweden, performed a global study revealing that the fast increase in land use in the tropical areas of the world has an impact on the global carbon cycle more than was already known.

29 Jan 2020

Scientists Drill into Antarctic Glacier to Investigate Potential Collapse

Scientists in Antarctica have commenced a mammoth operation: They have drilled into the giant ‘Doomsday’ glacier to investigate any potential collapse.

By David J. Cross 29 Jan 2020

Great Barrier Reef Water Pollution Threatens Dolphins

Rare snubfin dolphins in Queensland’s Fitzroy River and humpback dolphins in Port Curtis are under threat from exposure to increasing amounts of water contamination, according to Southern Cross and Flinders University marine researchers.

28 Jan 2020

Economic Losses Due to Coastal Flooding Could Increase without Climate Mitigation

Coastal flooding has intensified due to rising sea levels, which is the direct effect of the warming climate of Earth.

28 Jan 2020

New pQA portable quadrupole analyser

Hiden Analytical introduce the new pQA portable quadrupole analyser. The Hiden pQA portable gas analyser is a versatile mass spectrometer and offered with a range of interchangeable sampling inlets to suit a broad applic...

From Hiden Analytical 28 Jan 2020

Researchers Outline Pathway to Reduce Solar Panel Costs

Costs of solar panels have plummeted over the last several years, leading to rates of solar installations far greater than most analysts had expected. But with most of the potential areas for cost savings already pushed to the extreme, further cost reductions are becoming more challenging to find.

27 Jan 2020

Global Warming Potentially Impacts Processes Responsible for Biodiversity

Considering the present situation of climate change, an international research team has performed a new study that highlights the adverse, potential impact of global warming on processes responsible for biodiversity.

24 Jan 2020

Switch to GDI Engine Will Cause More Climate Warming in U.S. Urban Areas

A study performed by researchers at the University of Georgia College of Engineering reports that new automotive technology that offers increased fuel efficiency could have severe negative implications, such as major impacts on public health and climate.

24 Jan 2020

xMatters Teams with Australia’s Leading Wildlife Rescue Organization to Save Animals in the Face of Largest Bushfires on Record

xMatters a digital service availability platform that prevents IT issues from becoming business problems, today announced it is extending its five year relationship with WIRES (NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service Inc.),

24 Jan 2020