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Novel Renewable Material Rapidly Removes Highly Toxic Pollutant from Water

A highly toxic water pollutant, known as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), last year caused a number of U.S. communities to close their drinking water supplies. Because of its historical use in Teflon production and other industrial processes as well as its environmental persistence, PFOA contamination is a pervasive problem worldwide.

9 Jun 2017

New Method Reduces Environmental Impact of Extracting Metals from Post-Consumer Electronics and Raw Materials

Chemists in Canada have developed a new method to process metals without using toxic reagents and solvents. The system, which also uses almost less energy than standard techniques, could significantly shrink the environmental impact of developing metals from post-consumer electronics or from raw materials.

8 Jun 2017

Researchers Develop New Method to Convert Plastic Waste into Insulation Foams

Each year, millions of tons of waste across the globe are caused by end-of-life vehicles, with their rubber, metal and plastic components.

8 Jun 2017

Electrochemistry Helps Recycling Lignin into Useful Chemicals

The concept of recycling is mostly linked to the packaging for household products, however, this concept can be extended to the chemistry to make them in the very first place.

8 Jun 2017

Novel Molybdenum-Coated Catalyst Enables Efficient Production of Hydrogen

Researchers at KAUST are developing a novel molybdenum-coated catalyst capable of splitting water in acidic electrolytes in an efficient manner. This new catalyst could help with efficient production of hydrogen.

7 Jun 2017

Working Toward Optimizing Energy Consumption in Greenhouses

Greenhouses in New York are additionally entrusted to perform two conflicting roles, namely, to fulfill consumer demands for increased production of local vegetables and to drastically decrease overall energy consumption.

6 Jun 2017

Using Earth-Abundant Catalyst to Disintegrate Carbon Dioxide into CO and Oxygen

The world’s first inexpensive and Earth-abundant catalytic system for disintegrating CO2 into oxygen and CO has been developed by researchers at EPFL.

6 Jun 2017

Electrocatalyst Nanostructures Play Big Role in Optimizing Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers

Scientists’ simulations at Purdue University have undone the mystery of a new electrocatalyst that may resolve an important problem related to electrolyzers and fuel cells.

6 Jun 2017

Integrated Flywheel and Battery System can Respond to Growing Energy Demand

As part of a new project comprising of Engineers from the University of Sheffield, Schwungrad Energie, Adaptive Balancing Power and Freqcon, Europe’s largest and the UK’s first battery flywheel system will be connected to the UK and Irish grids to help respond to energy demand.

5 Jun 2017

Students Design the NeighborHub with Solar Panels Installed on the Building's Façade

EPFL is taking part in the 2017 international Solar Decathlon competition by collaborating with the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg, the Geneva School of Art and Design and the University of Fribourg.

5 Jun 2017

Chemical "Dance" of Cobalt Catalysis Could Provide Abundant Solar Energy for All

Scientists can use the unlimited energy of the sun to make a clean fuel by splitting a water molecule into two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. For the very first time, in a new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and Harvard University, scientists have been able to see a very important step in the water-splitting process, which is considered to be one step closer to providing abundant solar energy for all.

5 Jun 2017

A Comparative Study to Highlight Potential of Solar to Replace Coal

A Team of Researchers from Michigan Technological University have calculated the cost of combusting coal with regards to human lives together with the probable advantages of switching to solar.

2 Jun 2017

Artificial Transpiration with a Graphene Oxide Based 3D Hollow Cone Structure

Solar steam and vapor generation are currently gaining increased attention with promising prospect in chemical purification, sterilization and desalination.

2 Jun 2017

'Instantly Rechargeable' Battery Technology Could Revolutionize Electric and Hybrid Automobiles

Purdue Researchers have developed a technology which could provide an “instantly rechargeable” technique that is safe, inexpensive and environmentally friendly for recharging hybrid and electric vehicle batteries via a quick and easy process akin to refueling a car at a gas station.

2 Jun 2017

EPFL Researchers Build Ultra-Stable Perovskite Solar Cell

EPFL Researchers have constructed an economical and ultra-stable perovskite solar cell that has been operating at 11.2% efficiency for more than a year, without loss in performance.

2 Jun 2017