Natural gas burns ‘cleaner’ than other fossil fuels. The result is a cut in carbon dioxide emissions to approximately half of that created from coal burning.
By Dr. Liji Thomas
11 Jun 2019
EPR can detect common soil pollutants, leading to measures to control their distribution and aiding cleanup programs.
This article explores electric planes and how realistic they are for the 21st century.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
31 May 2019
This year, a group of young scientists decided to use Brussels sprouts for a very different purpose, and help kids view this vegetable in a whole new light.
By Kalwinder Kaur
9 Dec 2013
The importance of seaweed has skyrocketed ever since researchers managed to create a biofuel, ethanol, from it. Researchers believe that producing seaweed-based biofuel in the sea will take care of numerous issues caused by conventional fuels. Although seaweed farming has been in practice for 100s of years in Asia, researchers are focused on newer methods to grow seaweed.
Natural coral reefs are complex ecosystems primarily observed in tropical waters. These structures made up of calcium carbonate occupy less than 0.1% of the ocean’s surface, but provide shelter to about 25% of the world’s marine species.
In the year 2009, the global economic downturn in general and the Spanish market crash in particular almost shut down the solar power manufacturing industry. However, during the third and fourth quarters of the year the PV industry experienced extraordinary growth in a number of segments.
Reducing the cost of solar energy continues to be an important aspect in the PV industry. The fundamental goal of solar energy is to be economically viable with present sources of electricity.
Increasing levels of pollution and contamination in the environment is a cause for concern globally. For me, or any other individual, we are confined to the environment we find ourselves in.
By Kris Walker
21 May 2013
The Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process, originally developed by Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch in early 1920s, is a series of chemical reactions that involve the conversion of hydrogen and carbon monoxide into liquid hydrocarbons by using a catalyst.