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Amazon Filters Completes Major Sulfate Reduction Contract

Amazon Filters reports on the completion of a major contract worth over $2m for the provision of filter vessels and cartridges for a sulfate reduction process system integrated in an offshore oil and gas operation. ...

12 Dec 2017

The Australian researchers who successfully unboiled an egg are turning their attention to capturing the energy of graphene oxide (GO) to make a more efficient alternative to lithium-ion batteries.

The Australian researchers who successfully unboiled an egg are turning their attention to capturing the energy of graphene oxide (GO) to make a more efficient alternative to lithium-ion batteries. The Flinders Univer...

12 Dec 2017

Bacteria development marks new era in cellular design

Scientists at the universities of Kent and Bristol have built a miniature scaffold inside bacteria that can be used to bolster cellular productivity, with implications for the next generation of biofuel production. ...

12 Dec 2017

New Cleaner, Cheaper Approach for Producing Hydrogen from Methane

A team of researchers from the Institute of Chemical Technology (ITQ), Valencia’s Polytechnic University (UPV) and the Superior Council of Scientific Investigations (CSIC) have created ceramic membranes which make it possible to form compressed hydrogen from methane in a cleaner, inexpensive way.

11 Dec 2017

Research on Low-Carbon Transformation of Power Supply

A variety of low carbon technologies from solar energy or wind to fossil carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) greatly differ when talking about indirect greenhouse gas emissions in their life cycle.

11 Dec 2017

Researchers Solve Ocean Methane Puzzle

Agricultural and industrial activities generate large quantities of methane, a greenhouse gas that adds to global warming. A number of bacteria also create methane as a byproduct of their metabolism. Some of this naturally emitted methane originates from the ocean, an occurrence that has long mystified scientists as there are no known methane-producing organisms existing near the ocean’s surface.

8 Dec 2017

Scientists Develop Entirely Textile-Based, Bacteria-Powered Bio-Battery

A team of researchers led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York have created a totally textile-based, bacteria-powered bio-battery that could one day be incorporated into wearable electronics.

8 Dec 2017

Researchers Invent a New ‘Double-Glazed’ Solar Power Device

University of Warwick researchers have now invented a new ‘double-glazing’ solar power device, which unlike any of the currently available solar panels, opens up new opportunities that will help develop more enhanced photovoltaics.

8 Dec 2017

Use of Rhodium-Based Catalysts to Directly Convert Methane into Usable Fuel

Researchers aspiring to created innovative energy resources have, for a long time, engaged in achieving the direct transformation methane into a usable fuel, for instance, methanol. Methane is a simple and plentiful chemical contained in natural gas.

8 Dec 2017

Study Shows Diesel Vehicles in Oil Sands Production Contribute to Regional Pollution

A potentially toxic compound called isocyanic acid is emitted by cigarette smoke, wildfires and vehicles. Several health conditions such as cataracts and heart disease have been linked to the substance.

7 Dec 2017

University of Bristol Chemists Use Beer as a Key Ingredient to Make Sustainable Petrol

It is a commonly accepted fact that there is an urgent requirement for sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels for transportation to replace petrol and diesel.

7 Dec 2017

New System Uses Renewable Electricity to Transform CO2 into CO

Everyday, over 2 million pounds of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere from factories, the burning of natural gas for the generation of electricity, and emissions from trucks and cars.

6 Dec 2017

MQDC Joins MIT Energy Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Property Projects

To enhance the sustainability of homes and property projects in Thailand, Bangkok-based property developer Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Limited has joined the MIT Energy Initiative, with a three-year membership agreement in MITEI's Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research.

6 Dec 2017

Research Provides Fuller Picture of Large Methane Emissions from Amazon Floodplain Trees

New research solves mystery of missing methane source in the Amazon Rainforest. Environmental scientists from The Open University (OU) have discovered that trees growing in the Amazon floodplains surrounding the Amazon River emit as much methane (CH4) into the atmosphere as all of the world’s oceans.

6 Dec 2017