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Tidal Barriers Could Offer More Benefits than Just Generating Clean Energy

An innovative new Mersey barrage concept indicates how tidal energy projects can provide a number of advantages to society besides clean renewable energy.

25 Sep 2019

Biosurfacant Derived from Rice Straw as Alternative to Chemicals in Soaps

A scientist has found a way to use one of the world’s most copious natural resources as a substitute for human-made chemicals in soaps and plenty of other domestic items.

24 Sep 2019

New Method for Synergistic Treatment of Incineration Fly Ash and Sewage Sludge

The progress in urbanization has led to increased municipal solid waste incineration fly ash (IFA) and municipal sewage sludge (MSS) every year, hampering sustainable development. IFA, which has salty ion, high alkalinity, heavy metals (HMs), and dioxin, is listed as a dangerous material.

23 Sep 2019

Bridging the Knowledge Gap in Solar Energy Products Among Rural Communities

PhD student Elise Harrington studies the ways rural communities in Kenya and India learn about solar energy products and their options as consumers.

23 Sep 2019

Researchers Discover New Technique to Produce Carbon-Neutral Fuels

If the thought of flying on battery-powered commercial jets make people nervous, they can now relax a bit, thanks to a recent discovery.

18 Sep 2019

J-WAFS Solutions Grant Program Supports Agriculture and Clean Water

The development of new technologies often starts with funded university research. Venture capital firms are eager to back well-tested products or services that are ready to enter the startup phase. However, funding that bridges the gap between these two stages can be hard to come by.

18 Sep 2019

Realistic Experiments Needed to Analyze Impact of Climate Change on Ecosystems

When it comes to the effect of climate change on ecosystems, there are still large gaps in knowledge. A majority of experiments are impractical as they do not match the projected climate scenarios for a particular region.

17 Sep 2019

Land Restoration Study in Latin America can Help Mitigate Climate Change

Land restoration in the Caribbean and Latin America is gaining momentum and scaling up projects will help the region to adhere to its pledges under the Bonn Challenge, which intends to restore 350 million hectares of deforested and degraded land globally by 2030.

17 Sep 2019

Flinders Launches Solar Car for 2019 World Solar Challenge

Four years of engineering brainpower and hundreds of hours spent building a practical solar car will be put to the test when The Flinders Automotive Solar Team (FAST) set out on a 3,000 kilometre journey across the outback in the 2019 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.

16 Sep 2019

Sustainable Plan for Hydrogen Supply Network Across British Columbia

The largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in British Columbia is transportation. Scientists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have designed a hydrogen supply chain model that can facilitate the adoption of zero-emission, hydrogen-powered cars—converting them from a novelty into daily transportation in merely 30 years.

13 Sep 2019