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Toshiba's Autonomous Hydrogen Energy System to be Installed at Tokyu Construction Institute of Technology

Toshiba Corporation, an innovator of solutions for the hydrogen economy, has received an order from Tokyu Construction for an H2One™, the company’s autonomous hydrogen energy system.

21 Jun 2017

RoboVent Vista360 Redefines Ambient Dust Collection

Ambient air filtration just got a little easier. The new RoboVent Vista360 combines the power and effectiveness of a traditional push-pull dust collection system with the easy and flexibility of a stand-alone dust collec...

From RoboVent 21 Jun 2017

New Robust Laser System to Track Emissions of Greenhouse Gas Methane

Heatwaves in the Arctic, longer periods of vegetation in Europe, severe floods in West Africa – starting in 2021, scientists want to explore the emissions of the greenhouse gas methane with the German-French satellite MERLIN. This is made possible by a new robust laser system of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen, which achieves unprecedented measurement accuracy.

20 Jun 2017

Research Team Creates New Biodiesel

Researchers from the Universities of Kaiserslautern, Bochum and Rostock have developed a new method for creating biodiesel. Up until now, in the EU, automotive diesel contains just 7% biodiesel as conventional diesel engines cannot withstand more than that.

20 Jun 2017

Advances in Software User Experience are Changing How Controlled Environments are Monitored

Industrial instrument manufacturer Vaisala has announced the newly designed interface of their environmental monitoring system. The Vaisala viewLinc environmental monitoring system provides monitoring, alarming and r...

From Vaisala Corporation 20 Jun 2017

Stanford Study Reveals Copper can Covert Carbon Dioxide into Ethanol Without Using Corn or Other Plants

A majority of cars and trucks in the U.S operate on a blend of 90% gasoline and 10% ethanol, a renewable fuel made chiefly from fermented corn. But manufacturing the 14 billion gallons of ethanol consumed yearly by American drivers entails millions of acres of farmland.

19 Jun 2017

New Material can Efficiently Purify Water Using Sunlight

Materials called transition-metal carbides have remarkable properties that open new possibilities in water desalination and wastewater treatment. A KAUST team has found compounds of transition metals and carbon, known as a MXenes but pronounced “maxenes,” can efficiently evaporate water using power supplied by the sun.

19 Jun 2017

New Semiconductor Alloy Could Help Advance Next-Generation Solar Cells

Researchers from the University of Michigan have created a new semiconductor alloy that can capture the near-infrared light located on the leading edge of the visible light spectrum.

16 Jun 2017

Liquefied Gas Electrolytes Allow Lithium Batteries to Operate at Very Low Temperatures

It is well known that prevalent lithium-ion batteries do not operate at temperatures of -20 °C and lower. At present, the Engineers of the University of California, San Diego have made an advancement in the field of electrolyte chemistry for enabling lithium batteries to operate at lower temperatures of -60 °C with exceptional performance.

16 Jun 2017

Study Reveals Clean Energy Stored in Electric Vehicles Could Be Used to Power Buildings

Stored energy from electric vehicles (EVs) can be applied to power large buildings – opening up new possibilities for the future of smart, renewable energy - as a result of innovative battery study from WMG at the University of Warwick.

15 Jun 2017

Stanford Researchers Use Photosynthetic Bacteria to Enhance Heart Function

In the ongoing hunt to find better treatments for heart disease, the top cause of death globally, new research from Stanford shows promising results using an unusual strategy: photosynthetic bacteria and light.

15 Jun 2017

Summer Wildfires Produce More Air Pollution than Previously Thought

Summer wildfires boost air pollution considerably more than previously believed.

15 Jun 2017

New Assessment Model on Mercury Pollution Helps in Crafting Effective Mitigation Policies

Dispersal of mercury into the air has risen substantially since the industrial revolution, leading to increased mercury deposits in water and soil. Once there, it gets transformed by bacteria into methylmercury, a highly toxic form of the naturally-occurring heavy metal that can affect neurological and immune systems.

15 Jun 2017

Innovative Technique for Transformation of Food Waste into Green Energy

Innovative research carried out at Cornell University reveals that in the future, two disparate processes could be the desired dynamic duo to transform food waste into green energy. The outcomes of the research have been reported in the Bioresource Technology journal.

14 Jun 2017

Seaweed Derivative Could Act as a Stabilizer in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Lithium-sulfur batteries have great potential as a low-cost, high-energy, energy source for both vehicle and grid applications. However, they suffer from significant capacity fading. Now scientists from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have made a surprising discovery that could fix this problem.

14 Jun 2017