Bacteria power
Bacteria living on soil and chicken manure could provide low-tech and sustainable green electricity.
Mar 10th, 2023
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Bacteria living on soil and chicken manure could provide low-tech and sustainable green electricity.
Mar 10th, 2023
Read moreA model that rapidly searches through large amounts of materials could find sustainable alternatives to existing composites.
Mar 10th, 2023
Read moreA new study shows what it will take for the plastics industry to become completely sustainable: lots of recycling combined with the use of CO2 from the air and biomass.
Mar 7th, 2023
Read moreResearchers have developed a more environmentally friendly way of retrieving cobalt from used lithium-ion batteries. With a liquid solvent made of readily available substances, derived from urine and acetic acid, over 97 percent of the cobalt can be recovered.
Mar 2nd, 2023
Read moreE-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
Read moreBacterium used as a live sensor to detect heavy metal contamination.
Feb 23rd, 2023
Read moreResearchers 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
Read moreResearchers have developed an autonomous resonance tuning (ART) piezoelectric energy harvester that autonomously adjusts its resonance according to the surrounding environment.
Feb 20th, 2023
Read moreA 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
Read moreResearchers 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
Read moreResearchers 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
Read moreResearchers 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
Read moreExperiments have revealed the complex mode of action behind the artificial splitting of water at its most efficient level.
Feb 10th, 2023
Read moreScientists 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
Read moreScientists discovered how bacteria make conductive protein naowires and why they show such extremely high conductivity.
Feb 2nd, 2023
Read moreScientists invented a material that will reduce the cost, complexity, and environmental impact of battery recycling.
Feb 1st, 2023
Read moreResearchers have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen.
Feb 1st, 2023
Read moreA 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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