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Imperial College to Collaborate with Arborea to Develop “BioSolar Leaf” Technology

Imperial College London and start-up Arborea are set to form a partnership for developing revolutionary “BioSolar Leaf” technology to enhance the air quality in White City.

30 Apr 2019

Smart Device for Producing Clean Hydrogen Using Concentrated Sunlight

Scientists at EPFL have developed a smart device that has the ability to produce enormous amounts of clean hydrogen.

30 Apr 2019

Making Australia a Recycling Nation

Australia is missing out on hundreds of millions of dollars of economic activity and thousands of jobs as governments and business allow a mountain of recyclable materials to be stockpiled or dumped, the Boomerang Alliance of 48 environment groups said today.

29 Apr 2019

EPFL Researcher Develops New Mathematical Model for Optimizing Heat Transfer in Factories

An EPFL scientist has created a mathematical model for improving heat transfer in factories and considerably decreasing water and energy consumption.

29 Apr 2019

Affordable Bioelectrodes Operate in Oxygen-Free Environment for Efficient Energy Conversion

Efficient and cheap energy conversion devices are developed using proteins that take part in the process of photosynthesis.

29 Apr 2019

Chalmers Researcher Facilitates Progress of Wave Power Industry

With 72% of the earth’s surface covered by the ocean, wave energy, thus, possesses a significant potential to gratify a substantial percentage of the global energy supply. The task is to decrease costs and enhance the wave energy system’s performance. In that case, the Chalmers scientist Shun-Han Yang has aided the industry to optimize their positions.

29 Apr 2019

Researchers Outline and Quantify Critical Mechanisms Involved in the Ocean Carbon Cycle

Oceans in the Earth have an outstanding natural capability to draw carbon from the atmosphere and store it deep within the ocean waters, establishing a significant control on the global climate.

26 Apr 2019

Studying Air Pollutants in Ulaanbaartar City, the Coldest City in the World

Mongol–Japanese scientists from the National University of Mongolia and Kanazawa University carried out the first detailed investigation of organic air contaminants in Ulaanbaartar city.

26 Apr 2019

Caffeine Helps Improve Perovskite Solar Cells' Efficiency and Stability

Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Solargiga Energy in China have discovered that caffeine can help make a promising alternative to traditional solar cells more efficient at converting light to electricity.

25 Apr 2019

Researchers Synthesize Clean, Cost-Effective Ammonia by SWAP Process

Ammonia—a colorless gas used for manufacturing fertilizers—can be produced by a new method that is much easier, cleaner, and cheaper compared to the existing principal method.

25 Apr 2019

Startups Targeting Methane and Wastewater Named Co-Winners of MIT Water Innovation Prize

A startup with a cheap technology for purifying textile wastewater and another with a system to help reduce methane emissions from cattle were named co-winners of the MIT Water Innovation Prize on Thursday.

24 Apr 2019

Researchers Develop New Air Purification Method Based on Photocatalysis

Little Estonia is always proud of its clean air. Clean air has been known, jokingly, as one of the most significant export things of Estonia. But unfortunately, the environment, including the atmosphere, in Estonia is becoming more and more contaminated.

24 Apr 2019

Dow & BioLogiQ Collaborate to Develop Plant-Based Resins for Sustainable Plastics

Dow and BioLogiQ are collaborating to evaluate potential synergies between BioLogiQ’s novel NuPlastiQ® BioPolymer, a thermoplastic plant-based resin, and Dow’s industry-leading polyethylene resin portfolio, in an effort to explore enhanced sustainable plastic options.

From BiologiQ, Inc. 24 Apr 2019

Study Shows for First Time Early-Morning Peaks in CO2 over Ocean Waters

High concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air blowing out to sea from cities and agricultural regions, including Silicon Valley were recently noted by scientists at MBARI measured.

24 Apr 2019

Vanderbilt University Unveils Comprehensive Long-Term Strategy to Reduce its Environmental Impact

On April 23nd, 2019, Vanderbilt University disclosed an inclusive long-term strategy to considerably minimize its environmental impact partly by powering its campus completely through renewable energy, placing the university on the pathway to make it carbon neutral by 2050.

23 Apr 2019