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Using Molecular Solar Thermal Storage to Create a Pleasing Indoor Climate

News - 9 Jul 2019

A window film designed using a particular molecule is likely to take the edge off the worst midday heat and distribute it evenly from morning to evening. Scientists from the Chalmers University...

Airplane Contrails May Triple by 2050 Leading to Increased Climate Impact

News - 28 Jun 2019

In the appropriate conditions, airplane contrails tend to remain in the sky as contrail cirrus – ice clouds that can trap heat inside the Earth’s atmosphere. Their climate impact has been...

Ancient Methods Could Increase Water Availability in Coastal Peru

News - 25 Jun 2019

According to a new study conducted at Imperial College London, 1,400-year-old methods can possibly increase the availability of water in Lima during the dry season. Dwelling between the Andes...

Mineral-Induced Carbon Sequestration May Explain Abundance of Oxygen in the Earth’s Atmosphere

News - 13 Jun 2019

Many people might recall the Earth’s carbon cycle from their grade school science class. The carbon cycle occurs something like this: plants release oxygen into the atmosphere after taking up carbon...

Researchers Develop Methods to Quickly and Inexpensively Detect Natural Gas Leaks

News - 10 Jun 2019

Natural gas flowing through pipelines from wells to stovetops is susceptible to leakage, endangering the safety and health of humans as well as the planet’s health. In the last decade,...

Researchers Receive California State Grant to Develop a Cost-Effective Approach to Mitigate Methane Emissions

News - 23 May 2019

Methane is a powerful potent greenhouse gas that is known to capture roughly 30 times more heat when compared to carbon dioxide. This greenhouse gas is often emitted by landfills, dairies, rice...

New Counterintuitive Approach Holds Promise for Returning the Atmosphere to Pre-Industrial Levels of Methane

News - 21 May 2019

A comparatively easy process could help reverse the trend of climate change while also leading to a healthy profit. That is one of the promising visions described in a new Stanford-led paper...

Researchers Move a Step Closer to a More Sustainable Way of Making Hydrogen Fuel

News - 9 May 2019

A new study at the University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies has enabled researchers to move a step closer to a cleaner, cheaper, and more sustainable method of producing...

Global Plan for New Rating System and Universal Standards for Space Waste Mitigation

News - 8 May 2019

Space is becoming more and more crowded, even as man’s societal reliance on space technology is more than ever before. With more than 20,000 pieces of debris measuring more than 10 cm,...

EPFL Researcher Develops New Mathematical Model for Optimizing Heat Transfer in Factories

News - 29 Apr 2019

An EPFL scientist has created a mathematical model for improving heat transfer in factories and considerably decreasing water and energy consumption. Theoretically, the model could reduce water...