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Researchers Use Bacteria to Develop Rechargeable Battery

The growing need for renewable energy sources has led to a demand of new methods that help to store the resulting energy in an inexpensive and environment friendly manner. In the latest issue of ACS’ journal, Environmental Science & Technology Letters, scientists have reported the development of a first-of-its-kind rechargeable battery driven by bacteria.

7 Apr 2016

Employing Good Soil Practices Could Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Here’s the scientific dirt: Soil can help reduce global warming.

7 Apr 2016

New Study Offers Hope for Cold-Water Species in Face of Climate Change

New study highlights the role of electron diffusivity when turning waste heat into electricity

6 Apr 2016

Researchers Find Tighter Fishery Regulations are Required to Preserve Caribbean Coral Reefs

New science-based fishery regulations are needed if coral reefs are to have a future in the face of climate change.

5 Apr 2016

New Report Outlines Recommendations to Address Increase in Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia

The ocean chemistry along the West Coast of North America is changing rapidly because of global carbon dioxide emissions, and the governments of Oregon, California, Washington and British Columbia can take actions now to offset and mitigate the effects of these changes.

5 Apr 2016

Integrating Coal Gasification with Fuel Cells Enables More-Efficient Electricity Generation from Coal

Most of the world’s nations have agreed to make substantial reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions, but achieving these goals is still a considerable technological, economic, and political challenge.

4 Apr 2016

Study Reveals New Cause of Exceptional Melting of Greenland Ice Sheet

A new study by researchers from Denmark and Canada's York University, published in Geophysical Research Letters, has found that the climate models commonly used to simulate melting of the Greenland ice sheet tend to underestimate the impact of exceptionally warm weather episodes on the ice sheet.

4 Apr 2016

Chinese Researchers Introduce New Approach for Making All-Weather Solar Cell

Solar energy is on the rise. Many technical advances have made solar cells quite efficient and affordable in recent years.

4 Apr 2016

Researchers Aim to Develop Battery and Solar Cell Hybrid from Two Single Systems

In the FFG project SolaBat, TU Graz is entering almost new research territory. Photovoltaic cells are to be combined into one device with electrochemical energy storage systems.

1 Apr 2016

Researchers Demonstrate Impact of Climate Change on Abundance of Common Birds

Scientists have shown for the first time that common bird populations are responding to climate change in a similar pronounced way in both Europe and the USA.

1 Apr 2016

Researchers Explore Effects of Weather and Climate on UK Viticulture

The idea of climate change turning the UK into a viable wine-making region may have boosted the industry in recent years. But cold snaps, sharp frosts and downpours threaten productivity – according to University of East Anglia research.

1 Apr 2016

New Catalytic Process Produces High Amounts of Clean Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel

Chemical pre-treatments and separations are usually performed to break down raw biomass into liquid fuels. Now, for the first time, researchers have developed a new catalytic process that produces high quantities of clean liquid hydrocarbon fuel without using any separation or chemical pre-treatment methods. The study represents a major advancement towards renewable energy, and can go a long way in reducing our reliance on fossil fuel, which is a non-renewable energy.

31 Mar 2016

Researcher Outlines Future Scenarios for Smart Grid Development

Rayko Toshev's thesis in Industrial Management “Risks and Prospects of Smart Electric Grids Systems measured with Real Options” analyses electricity price risk levels and evaluates smart grid R&D projects and technology opportunities, using real option pricing method.

31 Mar 2016

New Research Explores Optimal Use of Willow Biomass in Ethanol Production

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Aalto University investigated how willow biomass can be utilised more efficiently. When processed correctly, willow is eminently suitable as a source of sugar in the production of ethanol.

31 Mar 2016

Antarctica's Melting Ice Could Speed Sea-Level Rise

An ice sheet model that includes previously underappreciated processes indicates that sea level may rise almost 50 feet by 2500 due to Antarctic ice sheet melting if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, according to researchers from Penn State and University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

31 Mar 2016