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Saltworks Recognized for Outstanding Innovation in Clean Technology

SYSPRO, a global provider of industry-built ERP software, today announced their customer, Saltworks Technologies, won best Clean Technology category at the 2017 BC Export Awards.

From Saltworks Technologies 14 Dec 2017

Bacteria Help Turn Greek Yogurt Waste into Molecules Used in Biofuels

Greek yogurt is enjoyed by consumers from all over the world because of its texture, taste, and protein-packed punch. However, attaining that perfect formula produces huge volumes of food waste in the form of liquid whey.

14 Dec 2017

Sea Water and Scrap Metal Combined to Help Lower Global Warming

Researchers at the University of York have used sea water taken from Whitby in North Yorkshire, and scrap metal to create a technology that could help capture over 850 million tons of undesirable carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.

14 Dec 2017

Research Attempts to Enhance Battery Capacity

When a lithium-ion battery is overstuffed with lithium, that is, when more lithium is added, the battery will have the ability to store more charge in the same space, suppositionally powering an electric car to run 30%-50% percent more between charges.

13 Dec 2017

Overwhelming Response to Two-Day Climate Summit at MIT

Two-day summit on climate leadership in northeastern North America draws almost 200 to MIT.

13 Dec 2017

New Research on Battery Could Triple Range of Electric Vehicles

Latest research at the University of Waterloo could pave the way to the production of batteries that triple the range of electric vehicles.

12 Dec 2017

Double-glazed Solar Device Inspired by Tesla and Einstein

Revisiting the work of Tesla and Einstein has led to two Warwick scientists developing a unique double-glazed solar power device unlike any existing solar panel. Their work offers fresh opportunities to create more advanced photovoltaics.

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 12 Dec 2017

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