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Study Shows Low Concentrations of Silver Nanoparticles Can Foil Wastewater Treatment

A study conducted at Oregon State University has given new insight on how a progressively common consumer product component - silver nanoparticles - can potentially hamper the treatment of wastewater.

17 May 2018

Researchers One Step Closer to Building Carbon-Recycling System

A carbon-recycling system that can harvest solar energy to transform water & CO2 into liquid fuels, could become a reality. By improving parts of the system, two-electron chemical reactions can be performed: a significant development over the energy inefficient one-electron reactions.

17 May 2018

Innovative, Green Method for Synthesizing Ammonia Under Milder Conditions

Researchers from UCF have collaborated with colleagues from Virginia Tech to devise an innovative, “green” technology for synthesizing ammonia that might assist in ensuring more sustainable supplies to the exploding world population.

17 May 2018

Study Reveals New Chapter of Globalization Could Weaken Emissions Reduction

New study exposes the growth of carbon manufacture from Chinese exports has reduced or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that may result in destabilization of global efforts to cut emissions.

17 May 2018

Researchers Develop a Supergreen Fuel for Fuel Cells

A fuel cell that utilizes lignin - one of the most common biopolymers and a cheap by-product from paper manufacture - has been developed by researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at LiU.

17 May 2018

New Equation Predicts Best Materials for Single-Atom Catalysts for Producing Hydrogen

Xiao Cheng Zeng and his team have identified various neglected factors that are crucial for the performance of single-atom catalysts - individual atoms, normally metallic and anchored by adjacent molecular frameworks, initiating and speeding up chemical reactions.

17 May 2018

MIT $100K Grand Prize Awarded to Device that Recycles Vaporized Water from Power Plants

The grand prize winner at this year's MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition was an MIT spinout that's developing a system that captures and recycles vaporized water from thermoelectric power plants. The recycled water can be constantly reused in the plant's cooling system, saving millions of gallons and dollars annually, or be shipped as potable water to water-scarce areas

17 May 2018

MIT's Flux Solar Vehicle Goes on a Road-Testing Trip

On a recent April afternoon, MIT sophomore Francis Wang drove out of the Edgerton Center's Area 51 garage, took a left on Massachusetts Avenue, a right onto Albany Street, and then a left through the wide doors into Johnson Rink.

17 May 2018

Tokyo’s IHI Joins MIT Energy Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

With sights set on global greenhouse gas reduction, Tokyo's IHI Corporation has joined the MIT Energy Initiative. IHI, a global engineering, construction, and manufacturing company, recently signed a three-year membership agreement with MITEI's Low-Carbon Energy Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage.

16 May 2018

Aircuity to Begin Installation at Virginia Commonwealth University

Aircuity will begin installation at three laboratory research buildings at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.

From Aircuity 16 May 2018

MIT Workshop Explores Interactions of Food, Water, and Agriculture in Changing Climate

There is little doubt that the Earth's rapidly changing climate will have a significant impact on agriculture around the world. Yields are likely to increase in some places and decrease in others, and regions may shift to entirely different crops and practices. But many important aspects of just how and where those impacts will occur remain unknown.

14 May 2018

Water Treatment Through Self-Assembled Block Polymer Membranes

The freshwater resources across the globe are becoming scarce. The United Nations has reported that nearly 1.9 billion people are affected by water scarcity and another 2.1 billion people survive with drinking water services that are not safely managed.

7 May 2018

Transition to Low-Carbon Energy Society Requires More Renewable Energy Sources than Previously Thought

If present levels of energy consumption per capita and lifestyles have to be maintained, the move towards a low-carbon energy society will need more renewable energy sources than previously believed.

7 May 2018

New Brochure Summarizes Metrohm's Comprehensive Offer for Environmental Analysis

Metrohm has published a new brochure summarizing the company’s comprehensive offer for environmental analysis. Combining advanced instrumentation and application know-how, Metrohm provides solutions for the entire field of environmental analysis, i.e., water, soil, and air.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 7 May 2018

Artificial Photosynthesis Could Lead to Harvesting of Clean Hydrogen Fuel

A recently developed stable artificial photosynthesis device is capable of doubling the efficiency of harnessing sunlight to break apart both salt and fresh water, producing hydrogen that can then be utilized in fuel cells.

4 May 2018