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Harnessing the Power of Plants for Cheaper Production of Biofuels

Biofuels are viewed as an integral part of the wider plan to substitute jet fuels as well as petroleum-based gasoline and diesel that are being used today.

7 Apr 2020

Protein System Enables Sustainable Solar-Powered Devices

At the University of Bristol, a group of researchers has designed a new photosynthetic protein system that facilitates a more sustainable and improved approach to solar-powered technological devices.

25 Mar 2020

Solar Device Generates Cooling Load Without Electricity

Heating and cooling of space is a standard requirement in a majority of the inhabited regions. Europe’s energy consumption on air conditioning is increasing, and this situation is likely to become worse in the days to come because of the rise in temperature in different parts of the world.

24 Mar 2020

Charcoal Particles from Recent Australian Bushfires Found Over 50km from Fire Ground

The unprecedented intensity of the recent fires here in Australia has meant we are leaning heavily on the science community to help understand and predict the future behaviour and spread of bushfires.

13 Mar 2020

Advancements in Water-Splitting Process Can Pave Way for Affordable Renewable Energy

A recent innovation in splitting water into its parts can enable renewable energy to pay off, even when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing.

10 Mar 2020

New, Efficient Way to Generate Hydrogen from Organic Waste Solution

In the current scenario of pollution, climate change, and diminishing resources, hydrogen is one fuel that could dramatically change the course in the energy sector.

27 Feb 2020

Frozen Air Reveals Human-Caused Emissions of Fossil Methane Much Higher than Previously Estimated

Air trapped in Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets over the industrial period has shown that humancaused methane emissions are 25 to 40 per cent higher than previously estimated.

20 Feb 2020

Researchers Develop Simple, Low-Cost Method to Generate Hydrogen from Water

At the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), researchers have developed the world’s first visible-light photoelectrochemical system for a water-splitting process using cobalt-doped titanium dioxide (TiO2).

19 Feb 2020

Bio-Based Renewable Device can Help Combat Climate Change, Drive Medical Devices

At the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst), researchers have created a new device that utilizes a natural protein to generate electrical current from moisture present in the atmosphere.

18 Feb 2020

Transparent Solar Panels can Help Greenhouses Turn Energy Neutral

A majority of the greenhouses can be made energy neutral by utilizing transparent solar panels to harvest solar energy, mainly from the wavelengths of light that are not used by plants for photosynthesis.

10 Feb 2020