E-car batteries are crucial to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement, but can also have a high social and environmental toll. Experts warn of the urgency of a sustainable value chain and recommend an innovative solution: e-vehicles connected to buildings and repurposed batteries, to optimize the energy consumption.
Feb 28th, 2023
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Bacterium used as a live sensor to detect heavy metal contamination.
Feb 23rd, 2023
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Researchers have developed an advanced membrane that can simultaneously provide drinking water and generate continuous electricity from various water resources, such as sewage/wastewater, seawater, and groundwater.
Feb 23rd, 2023
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Researchers have developed an autonomous resonance tuning (ART) piezoelectric energy harvester that autonomously adjusts its resonance according to the surrounding environment.
Feb 20th, 2023
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A new method for removing the greenhouse gas from the ocean could be far more efficient than existing systems for removing it from the air.
Feb 16th, 2023
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Researchers plan to develop a more economical process to create concrete products that would ultimately result in a carbon-negative impact on the environment.
Feb 16th, 2023
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Researchers have developed a cheaper and more energy-efficient way to make hydrogen directly from seawater, in a critical step towards a truly viable green hydrogen industry.
Feb 14th, 2023
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Researchers have calculated the carbon footprint for the full life cycle of fertilisers, which are responsible for approximately five percent of total greenhouse gas emissions - the first time this has been accurately quantified - and found that carbon emissions could be reduced to one-fifth of current levels by 2050.
Feb 11th, 2023
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Experiments have revealed the complex mode of action behind the artificial splitting of water at its most efficient level.
Feb 10th, 2023
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Scientists have collaborated on the implementation of an accurate, low-cost and easy-to-use test for detecting toxic levels of fluoride in water.
Feb 8th, 2023
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Scientists discovered how bacteria make conductive protein naowires and why they show such extremely high conductivity.
Feb 2nd, 2023
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Scientists invented a material that will reduce the cost, complexity, and environmental impact of battery recycling.
Feb 1st, 2023
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Researchers have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen.
Feb 1st, 2023
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A new pseudopeptide catalytic system allows the production of cyclic carbonates from dilute CO2 under mild pressure and temperature conditions and in an enantioselective way.
Jan 31st, 2023
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The ReczLIB project aims to develop new processes for battery electrode production, direct recycling and integrated functional material cycles.
Jan 30th, 2023
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Researchers plan to develop a novel type of insulating material from plant-based raw materials or waste products that can permanently bind the CO2 it contains by means of a special heat treatment - and thus act as a CO2 sink.
Jan 27th, 2023
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There is money to be made - and potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - by finding a second life for the potato peels, fried dough particles, cheese whey and other industrial food-processing waste products that routinely end up in landfills, according to new research.
Jan 25th, 2023
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Scientists have succeeded in synthesizing fumaric acid, a raw material for plastics, from CO2 powered by solar energy - for the first time.
Jan 25th, 2023
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