Engineers clean up water pollution with sunlight
Researchers have developed a singlet oxygen model to calculate how particular chemicals break down in surface water.
Aug 12th, 2021
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Researchers have developed a singlet oxygen model to calculate how particular chemicals break down in surface water.
Aug 12th, 2021
Read moreA new web tool will enable anyone to quickly analyze a region's potential for renewable energy development.
Aug 11th, 2021
Read moreResearchers have published a comparative study of battery cost predictions from the past decade. In the study, assumptions from more than 50 scientific publications that analyze the costs of lithium-ion, solid-state, lithium-sulfur and lithium-air batteries, resulting costs are compared and the academic opinion is consolidated into a cost trend.
Aug 11th, 2021
Read moreElectricity, transport, and heating account for a massive 80% of greenhouse gas emissions and are at the forefront of the battle to achieve Net Zero. But reaching Net Zero means also dealing with the hard-to-reach 20% of emissions: agriculture, plastics, cement, and waste, and extracting at least 5% extra from the atmosphere to account for the emissions that we simply cannot get rid of.
Aug 5th, 2021
Read moreBetter methods for assessing solar cells under indoor ambient lighting can help improve their design.
Aug 4th, 2021
Read moreUsing a CeO2 catalyst, researchers develop an effective catalytic process for the direct synthesis of polycarbonate diols without the need for dehydrating agents.
Jul 29th, 2021
Read moreIn nature, the interaction of molecules at the boundary of different liquids can give rise to new structures. They can also be engineered to perform specific functions - and now, a team of researchers has leveraged this opportunity to develop a material that could remove persistent pollutants from water.
Jul 27th, 2021
Read moreConverting renewable electricity into stable molecules could provide long-term energy storage.
Jul 27th, 2021
Read moreThe touchscreen technology used in billions of smartphones and tablets could also be used as a powerful sensor, without the need for any modifications.
Jul 23rd, 2021
Read moreResearchers create new kind of environmentally friendly bioplastic with hydroplastic polymers.
Jul 23rd, 2021
Read moreScientists develop algorithms that predict the output of solar cells, easing their integration into existing power grids.
Jul 21st, 2021
Read moreResearchers have found a low-cost way to solve one half of the water-splitting equation to produce hydrogen as clean energy -- using sunlight to efficiently split off oxygen molecules from water. The finding represents a step forward toward greater adoption of hydrogen as a key part of our energy infrastructure.
Jul 19th, 2021
Read moreMagnetic layers interact with sunlight differently, creating a temperature gradient that generates electricity day and night.
Jun 29th, 2021
Read moreResearchers have developed a framework to understand the choices a recycler has to make and the role that digital fraud prevention could have in preventing dishonest recycling practices.
Jun 22nd, 2021
Read moreInspired by mangrove trees thriving along coastlines, researchers created a synthetic tree to replace the capillary action with transpiration, the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from leaves, stems, and flowers.
Jun 22nd, 2021
Read moreDuring the winter months, renewable energy is in short supply throughout Europe. An international project is now considering an unconventional solution: Renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide are pumped into the ground together, where naturally occurring microorganisms convert the two substances into methane, the main component of natural gas.
Jun 22nd, 2021
Read moreThe way in which a compound inspired by nature produces hydrogen has now been described in detail for the first time by an international research team. These findings are the foundation for the energy-efficient production of hydrogen as a sustainable energy source.
Jun 22nd, 2021
Read moreResearchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products.
Jun 10th, 2021
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