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Turning food waste into tires
Eggshells, tomato peels add strength to sustainable rubber.
Posted: Mar 6th, 2017
Read moreTweaking electrolyte makes better lithium-metal batteries
A pinch of electrolyte additive gives rechargeable battery stability, longer life.
Posted: Mar 1st, 2017
Read moreTransforming the carbon economy
A task force commissioned in 2016 by former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz has proposed a framework for evaluating R+D on recycling carbon dioxide and removing large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere. The goal is to produce a global emissions reduction of at least 1 billion tons of CO2 per year.
Posted: Feb 27th, 2017
Read moreGermany's plan for 100% electric cars may actually increase carbon emissions
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.
Posted: Feb 27th, 2017
Read moreNew polymer additive could revolutionize plastics recycling
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.
Posted: Feb 24th, 2017
Read moreSmart buildings: energy efficiency at what price?
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?
Posted: Feb 21st, 2017
Read moreNew hydronium-ion battery presents opportunity for more sustainable energy storage
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.
Posted: Feb 20th, 2017
Read moreFour-stroke engine cycle produces hydrogen from methane and captures CO2
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.
Posted: Feb 16th, 2017
Read moreResearchers develop eco-friendly concrete
In the future, wide-ranging composite materials are expected to be stronger, lighter, cheaper and greener for our planet, thanks to a new invention.
Posted: Feb 13th, 2017
Read moreLong-lasting flow battery could run for more than a decade with minimum upkeep
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.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2017
Read moreRenewable fuels alone can't stop climate change
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.
Posted: Feb 7th, 2017
Read moreGetting from greenhouse gas to microbial biomass
A co-culture technology uses waste methane to make biofuels and bioproducts.
Posted: Feb 3rd, 2017
Read moreControlling electron spin makes water splitting more efficient
Scientists have succeeded in controlling the spin of electrons in the reaction and thereby almost fully suppress the production of hydrogen peroxide.
Posted: Feb 1st, 2017
Read moreProject aiming for technological breakthrough on solar-based hydrogen generation
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.
Posted: Jan 31st, 2017
Read moreExplained: Greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide isn't the only one that matters, and the gases vary widely in potency and duration.
Posted: Jan 30th, 2017
Read moreIs a vegetarian diet really more environmentally friendly that eating meat?
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.
Posted: Jan 26th, 2017
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