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New Electromechanical Method Traps Nickel from Contaminated Seawater

The same deposit that builds up in many tea kettles or water pipes in areas where calcium-rich water is the norm might be just the (cheap) ticket to rid contaminated seawater of toxic metals

12 Jan 2017

Research Shows Dual-Purpose Biofuel Crops Could Increase Production and Revenue by 20-30%

Today many biofuel refineries operate for only seven months each year, turning freshly harvested crops into ethanol and biodiesel. When supplies run out, biorefineries shut down for the other five months.

11 Jan 2017

Fine-Tuning of Metal-Oxide Catalysts for Energy Storage Technology

Chemical reactions that release oxygen in the presence of a catalyst, called oxygen-evolution reactions, are a vital part of chemical energy storage processes, including ammonia production, electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction, and water splitting.

10 Jan 2017

Short-Lived Greenhouse Gases Result in Sea-Level Rise Even After Leaving the Atmosphere

Even if there comes a day when the world completely stops emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, coastal regions and island nations will continue to experience rising sea levels for centuries afterward, according to a new study by researchers at MIT and Simon Fraser University.

10 Jan 2017

Researchers Find New Approach to Effectively Recycle Greenhouse Gas

Led by Yilin Hu, UCI assistant professor of molecular biology & biochemistry at the Ayala School of Biological Sciences, the researchers found that they could successfully express the reductase component of the nitrogenase enzyme alone in the bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii and directly use this bacterium to convert CO2 to CO.

9 Jan 2017

Harmonization Needed!

Since the first reports on a dramatic increase in microplastic contamination in the sea twenty years ago, research efforts have intensified worldwide. A review in the journal Angewandte Chemie has critically evaluated these studies and concludes that the analytical methods have to be harmonized to get comparable data. Further development is needed to assess particles in the lower micrometer range and below as well, as these pose the highest risks for aquatic ecosystems.

6 Jan 2017

Chemists Discover New Way to Crack Tough Carbon-Hydrogen Bond

A researcher at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, has stated that a new catalyst for breaking the tough molecular bond between hydrogen and carbon proves to be promising in developing a cheaper, easier and cleaner way to derive products from petroleum.

5 Jan 2017

Car Parks 'Obsolete' in Scots Cities of the Future

Driverless electric vehicles could make meters and multi-storeys a thing of the past. Prediction to be made at Scottish Renewables first Low-Carbon Cities Conference

4 Jan 2017

Researchers Investigate Cause of Rapid Degradation of Perovskite Solar Cells

While solar cell technology is currently being used by many industrial and government entities, it remains prohibitively expensive to many individuals who would like to utilize it.

26 Dec 2016

Rutgers Project Aims to Improve Quality of Life in Cities and Protect Planet

When Superstorm Sandy lashed New Jersey in 2012, Narayan B. Mandayam lost power in his East Brunswick home for five days.

23 Dec 2016

Delta’s Photovoltaic (PV) Inverters Bring High Energy Efficiency to a Cluster of Solar PV Plants in Denmark with a Total Capacity of 50.4MW

Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions, announced today its state-of-the-art PV inverter technology has been successfully integrated into a conglomerate of 126 solar PV power plants located in Vandel, Denmark totaling 50.4 MW in AC output capacity.

23 Dec 2016