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Scientists have developed a new kind of assessment to integrate these impacts in a more detailed way. They call it Land Use Change Improved Life Cycle Assessment, or LUCI-LCA. It's designed to help researchers or companies more accurately predict impacts of new designs and sourcing.
Posted: Apr 21st, 2017
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Optical engineers have developed an express method for estimating the distribution of particles in optically transparent media, based on correlation analysis of holograms.
Posted: Apr 20th, 2017
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A new study focuses on the lag time in Earth's response. It study shows that when this difference is factored in, the observations and climate models are in agreement, with recent observations supporting a previously accepted long-term climate sensitivity of about 2.9 degrees Celsius.
Posted: Apr 20th, 2017
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Using methanol, scientists aim to generate energy cells that move cars, warm houses and help produce food.
Posted: Apr 19th, 2017
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Scientists found that algal residue, the leftover material after extracting oil from algae for biofuel, can be used to produce key industrial chemicals.
Posted: Apr 13th, 2017
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Elemental Boron is an effective photothermocatalyst for the conversion of carbon dioxide.
Posted: Apr 11th, 2017
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With a patent already filed and the project barely halfway through, the CARBAZYMES project has identified promising biocatalyst enzymes with the potential to transform industrial chemical processes, benefiting industry, consumers and the environment.
Posted: Apr 10th, 2017
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Researchers have developed a novel system for assessing the potential of renewable energy resources. This method can help to assess the future exploitable technical potential of wind and solar PV energy, as well as their capacity to replace exiting generation assets.
Posted: Apr 4th, 2017
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The system consists of tanks of fibre membranes that catch and hold contaminants - dirt, organic particles, bacteria and viruses - while letting water filter through.
Posted: Apr 4th, 2017
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Scientists have developed a new method that enables researchers to radiolabel three forms of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances and track the fate of these chemicals when they enter the body.
Posted: Mar 30th, 2017
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Coordinating smart appliances and electric cars may help balance supply and demand in the power grid.
Posted: Mar 24th, 2017
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A type of bacteria accidentally discovered could fundamentally re-shape efforts to cut the huge amount of electricity consumed during wastewater clean-up.
Posted: Mar 24th, 2017
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Wastewater is considered to be of no use - quite wrongly! Washing water has an average temperature of 30 C. Toilet water might not only be used to produce biogas or fertilizers, but also valuable resources that otherwise would enter the sewer system unused.
Posted: Mar 23rd, 2017
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Instead of oil, coal, or even solar energy, self-sustaining bacterial fuel cells may power the future.
Posted: Mar 23rd, 2017
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Organic light-emitting devices and printed electronics can be connected to a socket in the wall by way of a small, inexpensive organic converter.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2017
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A new study emphatically confirms that fossil fuels place a heavy burden on the environment and that most renewable power projects have lower pollution-related impacts on ecosystems and human health.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2017
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