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Surfrider Foundation Focused on Protecting Clean Water

The Surfrider Foundation, a leading nonprofit organization committed to the protection and enjoyment of oceans and beaches recently published its annual Clean Water Report that details how volunteers are taking continuous action all through the year.

24 Apr 2018

Crown Battery Promotes Recycling of Conventional Car Batteries

Typical car batteries are said to be 98% recyclable, making them more recyclable than an aluminum can. Earth Day is just the right time to recycle old car batteries safely and without difficulty across the U.S. Crown Battery suggests contacting a car mechanic or a local recycling center

24 Apr 2018

MIT Study Reports Economic and Health Benefits of China’s Climate Policy

A new MIT study reports that, if China follows through with its international pledge to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, every one of its provinces will experience benefits to air quality and human health, with associated monetary savings that could offset the total cost of implementing the climate policy.

24 Apr 2018

Integrating Plant Physiology with Smart Sensor Networks to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Residents of industrialized countries spend over 80% of their time indoors, increasingly in air-tight structures. Although these buildings need less energy, the build-up of particulate matter & toxic gases may prove detrimental to human health.

23 Apr 2018

Business Concepts Developed for Energy-Efficient District Planning

District energy solutions were analyzed by Mari Hukkalainen, a Senior Scientist at VTT. She collaborated with a team to develop a tool for realizing an energy-efficient district planning to offer benchmarking information for decision-makers, paving the way for business opportunities.

20 Apr 2018

Porous Salts for Fuel Cells

Scientists have developed a new class of crystalline porous organic salts with high proton conductivity for applications such as proton-exchange membranes for fuel cells. As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, pol...

20 Apr 2018

The Green Chemistry & Commerce Council Announces 2018 Green & Bio-Based Chemistry Technology Showcase Winners

The Green Chemistry & Commerce Council (GC3), a multi-stakeholder collaborative that drives the commercial adoption of green chemistry, has announced the 10 innovative startup companies that have won the opportunity ...

20 Apr 2018

Study Demonstrates the Conversion of CO2 into Raw Material

Scientists from Ruhr-Universität Bochum have discovered a method for converting climate-impacting CO2 into an alcohol that can be used as a raw material for the chemical industry—without synthesizing excessive amounts of salt water, which is the usual norm.

19 Apr 2018

Students Win Grand Prize at MIT's Energy Innovation Competition

As renewable energy technologies, such as wind and solar power, become increasingly attractive power sources for the grid, industry is looking for better energy-storage systems that can make these sources more cost effective.

18 Apr 2018

Researchers Discover Aquatic Moss that Removes Arsenic from Drinking Water

Researchers from Stockholm University have discovered a moss that has the ability to eliminate arsenic from contaminated water. This process takes place in just an hour, and also the arsenic level is so low that the water is safe to drink.

18 Apr 2018

SOLAR ATMOSPHERES OF WESTERN PA ADDS MILLING CENTER

Solar Atmospheres of Western PA recently installed a second machining center to support its newest service for customers – tensile testing. By adding a brand new fully programmable 8100 RPM Haas VF2 milling ...

17 Apr 2018

Compounding and recycling expos attract more than 2,000 registrations

More than 2,000 people have already registered to attend the Compounding World Expo and the Plastics Recycling World Exhibition, which will take place on 27-28 June 2018 at Messe Essen in Germany. The registrations recei...

17 Apr 2018

Student Develops Gaming Technology for Environmental Scientific Research

A PhD student at The University of Manchester has developed a new method and software for using computer game technology for complex scientific and engineering simulations. Powerful graphics cards, also known as graph...

17 Apr 2018

Agenda for Minimizing Carbon Emissions in the Shipping Sector

A shipping sector summit has been investigating the ways of reducing its contribution to the worldwide greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the Paris Agreement. However, the difficulty in achieving this is not a lack of low carbon technologies.

17 Apr 2018

Nanoresonator Coating Enhances Efficiency of Solar Cells

Researchers have created a nanoscale coating for solar cells that enable the absorption of around 20% more sunlight when compared to uncoated devices. They achieved this by trapping light with the help of an optical version of a whispering gallery.

17 Apr 2018