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UCR Researchers Convert Glass Bottles into High Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

A research group at the University of California (UCR), Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering has developed nanosilicon anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries, by simply using a low-cost chemical process and waste glass bottles.

20 Apr 2017

Researchers Design Novel Membranes to Remove Viruses from Drinking Water

A team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have created novel ultrafiltration membranes that considerably enhance the virus-removal process from treated municipal wastewater used for drinking in cities facing water scarcity.

20 Apr 2017

USC scientists Study the Use of Methanol as a Fuel-Efficient Renewable Energy Source

USC scientists continue with their fossil fuel fight even as they develop a new method for producing reversible hydrogen storage based on methanol, without carbon emissions, in the final major paper co-authored by USC’s first Nobel laureate, the late George Olah.

20 Apr 2017

Researchers Create Eco-Friendly Electronic Components from Corn Starch

The amount of electronic waste generated keeps increasing as consumers keep upgrading their devices at a rapid pace. To help battle this problematic environmental issue, researchers have altered a degradable bioplastic fabricated from corn starch and other natural sources for use in more eco-friendly electronic parts.

20 Apr 2017

Unique Fabric-Shredding Machine to Tackle the Environmental Problem of Post-Consumer Textile Waste

The average American goes through roughly 70 pounds of clothing each year, creating approximately 21 billion pounds of clothing sent to landfills – five percent of all landfill waste, according to the Council for Textile Recycling.

20 Apr 2017

MIT Engineers Find Way to Cut Cost of Solar-Powered Drip Systems by Half

New design cuts costs, energy needs for drip irrigation, bringing the systems within reach for more farmers.

20 Apr 2017

New Reusable Packaging Technology Creatively Reduces Waste from Plastic Water Bottles

DBA the Eco Connect Bottle® System is a patented container coupling technology that utilizes a precise exclusive recess molded into the bottle base to enable empty bottles to be firmly connected to each other, and different types of functional connector pieces to construct several useful household items like desks, tables, trash bins, storage cubes, toys, and even building insulation.

19 Apr 2017

Flex Introduces Renewable Energy Storage Solution

Flex, the Sketch-to-Scale™ solutions company that designs and constructs intelligent products for a connected world, has increased its contributions to the renewable energy sector with the launch of energy storage solutions to resolve the challenge of combining solar and wind power into the energy grid.

19 Apr 2017

Sustainability Leadership Efforts at UNH Contribute to Groundbreaking Initiative to Reduce Nitrogen Footprint

Sustainability leadership efforts at the University of New Hampshire have contributed to a groundbreaking initiative to measure and reduce the nitrogen footprint left behind by campus activities like food waste and energy consumption.

19 Apr 2017

GE, Southern California Edison Unveil World’s First Battery-Gas Turbine Hybrid System in Norwalk, California

GE and Southern California Edison (SCE), an Edison International company today unveiled the world’s first battery-gas turbine hybrid system in Norwalk, California.

18 Apr 2017

New Method for Preventing the Icy Buildup

Solution developed at MIT could stop buildup of hydrate ices that slow or block oil and gas flow.

17 Apr 2017

Solar Powered Water Harvester Can Draw Out Liters of Water from Desert Air

Researchers form UC Berkeley have demonstrated a water harvester device that is capable of pulling liters of water out of the air in desert like conditions. Whats better is that is powered directly from the sun.

By Kris Walker 14 Apr 2017

Researchers Synthesize Unique Material for New Generation Solar Elements

The team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) together with Swiss physicists had synthesised unique material for the new generation solar elements. Japanese company Tokyo Chemical Industry has acquired the licence for the patent of the invention.

13 Apr 2017

New System to Convert Methane into Deep Green, Energy-Rich, Gelatin-Like Substance

Oil and gas wells and even cattle release methane gas into the atmosphere, and researchers are working on ways to not only capture this gas but also convert it into something useful and less-polluting.

12 Apr 2017

SolarBotanic and Brunel Develop IoE Renewable Energy Source to Power Cell Phone Towers

A new EU directive highlights the high electricity generation cost in remote areas located throughout Europe, including, but not limited to, islands, alpine areas, and small villages.

12 Apr 2017