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Germany has ambitious plans for both electric cars and renewable energy. But it can't deliver both. As things stand, Germany's well-meaning but contradictory ambitions would actually boost emissions.
Feb 27th, 2017
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Researchers have developed a multiblock polymer that, when added in small measure to a mix of the two otherwise incompatible materials, create a new and mechanically tough polymer.
Feb 24th, 2017
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Automating heating and other environmental controls can bring huge savings to commercial buildings. To what extent is it possible to achieve the same results in residential homes? What is the difference between so called domotics and inmotics?
Feb 21st, 2017
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A new type of battery shows promise for sustainable, high-power energy storage. It's the world's first battery to use only hydronium ions as the charge carrier.
Feb 20th, 2017
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When is an internal combustion engine not an internal combustion engine? When it's been transformed into a modular reforming reactor that could make hydrogen available to power fuel cells wherever there's a natural gas supply available.
Feb 16th, 2017
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In the future, wide-ranging composite materials are expected to be stronger, lighter, cheaper and greener for our planet, thanks to a new invention.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Researchers have developed a new flow battery that stores energy in organic molecules dissolved in neutral pH water. This new chemistry allows for a non-toxic, non-corrosive battery with an exceptionally long lifetime and offers the potential to significantly decrease the costs of production.
Feb 9th, 2017
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In discussions about climate change, many people seem to think the only real problem is replacing fossil fuels, and once that's done nothing much really needs to change.
Feb 7th, 2017
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A co-culture technology uses waste methane to make biofuels and bioproducts.
Feb 3rd, 2017
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Scientists have succeeded in controlling the spin of electrons in the reaction and thereby almost fully suppress the production of hydrogen peroxide.
Feb 1st, 2017
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A European project is expected to develop an economically feasible technology for solar based hydrogen generation. Solar energy shall thereby be converted into chemical energy that can be stored as fuel by hydrogen.
Jan 31st, 2017
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Carbon dioxide isn't the only one that matters, and the gases vary widely in potency and duration.
Jan 30th, 2017
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With many questioning the sustainability of importing so much food from far away, we are beginning to ask if switching to a vegetarian diet to cut emissions caused by meat production is as sustainable as one might think.
Jan 26th, 2017
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To switch electricity supply from nuclear to wind and solar power is not so simple.
Jan 25th, 2017
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New research has investigated innovations in electric mobility that could take the electric car from a niche to the mass market.
Jan 25th, 2017
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Using hot polarons to harvest sunlight.
Jan 24th, 2017
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The NLO for PV project has doubled the maximum efficiency of converting solar radiation to energy by designing a device to harvest the heat losses of photovoltaics.
Jan 23rd, 2017
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Scientists and policymakers rely on complex computer simulations called Integrated Assessment Models to figure out how to address climate change. But these models need tinkering to make them more accurate.
Jan 18th, 2017
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