A carbon-based active material produced from apple leftovers and a material of layered oxides might help reduce the costs of future energy storage systems. Both were found to have excellent electrochemical properties and stand for the environmentally compatible and sustainable use of resources.
Feb 18th, 2016
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Modern combustion engines become increasingly economical and clean. Engine developers, however, are now facing the technical conflict of whether fuel consumption or exhaust gas emission is to be further reduced. This Gordian knot might be cut by chemists' and engineers' further development of sophisticated fuels that help optimize combustion in the engine.
Feb 15th, 2016
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Engineers have found a way to combine a genetically engineered strain of yeast and an electrocatalyst to efficiently convert sugar into a new type of nylon.
Feb 9th, 2016
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Mapping website tells building owners if going solar is worth the cost of installation.
Feb 5th, 2016
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The technology that charges batteries for electronic devices could provide fresh water from salty seas. Electricity running through a salt water-filled battery draws the salt ions out of the water.
Feb 4th, 2016
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For the first time, researchers there have directly converted carbon dioxide from the air into methanol at relatively low temperatures.
Feb 2nd, 2016
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A project is testing whether high-tech objects that look a bit like artificial trees can generate renewable power when they are shaken by the wind - or by the sway of a tall building, traffic on a bridge or even seismic activity.
Feb 1st, 2016
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Researchers have developed a new catalyst that paves the way for low-cost, large-scale hydrogen-production.
Jan 25th, 2016
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Wind energy and other renewables can now supply electricity at highly cost effective levels - and it has happened so rapidly that public perception is yet to catch up.
Jan 22nd, 2016
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A study used a new method, never before applied to the energy sector, to assess the 'sustainability index' of various sources of energy, both conventional and renewable.
Jan 21st, 2016
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Lithium-air batteries hold the promise of storing electricity at up to five times the energy density of today's familiar lithium-ion batteries, but they have inherent shortcomings. Researchers have proved that a new prototype is powered by a surprising chemical reaction that may solve the new battery's biggest drawback.
Jan 20th, 2016
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Researchers develop first high-gravity one-pot process for producing cellulosic ethanol.
Jan 19th, 2016
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Europe wants to reduce its needs for raw materials and raise the level of recycling of resources in the solar power industry. If this project is successful, greenhouse gas emissions from solar panel manufacture will fall by 25 to 30 per cent.
Jan 15th, 2016
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Governments should not be abandoning carbon capture and storage, argues a researcher, as it is the only realistic way of dramatically reducing carbon emissions. Instead, they should be investing in global approaches to learn what works - and what doesn't.
Jan 11th, 2016
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Second-generation biofuel crops like the perennial grasses Miscanthus and switchgrass can efficiently meet emission reduction goals without significantly displacing cropland used for food production, according to a new study.
Jan 11th, 2016
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In order to clean the air of pollutants such as methanol and solvents used in the industry, biotechnology experts designed a biofilter that uses microorganisms living in the shell of the peanut.
Jan 8th, 2016
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In the quest for sustainable alternative energy and fuel sources, one viable solution may be the conversion of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into liquid fuels.
Dec 22nd, 2015
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Energy storage system owners could see significant savings from a new flow battery technology that is projected to cost 60 percent less than today's standard flow batteries.
Dec 22nd, 2015
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