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Global Plan for New Rating System and Universal Standards for Space Waste Mitigation

Global Plan for New Rating System and Universal Standards for Space Waste Mitigation

Space is becoming more and more crowded, even as man’s societal reliance on space technology is more than ever before.

8 May 2019

Study Examines Environmental and Socioeconomic Interactions Within and Across Borders to Understand the Trading of Natural Resources

Study Examines Environmental and Socioeconomic Interactions Within and Across Borders to Understand the Trading of Natural Resources

Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) have penned two papers that have begun to challenge a more basic, input/output view of natural resources in support of a method that better reflected the way the world actually works.

2 May 2019

Affordable Bioelectrodes Operate in Oxygen-Free Environment for Efficient Energy Conversion

Affordable Bioelectrodes Operate in Oxygen-Free Environment for Efficient Energy Conversion

Efficient and cheap energy conversion devices are developed using proteins that take part in the process of photosynthesis.

29 Apr 2019

Chalmers Researcher Facilitates Progress of Wave Power Industry

Chalmers Researcher Facilitates Progress of Wave Power Industry

With 72% of the earth’s surface covered by the ocean, wave energy, thus, possesses a significant potential to gratify a substantial percentage of the global energy supply. The task is to decrease costs and enhance the wave energy system’s performance. In that case, the Chalmers scientist Shun-Han Yang has aided the industry to optimize their positions.

29 Apr 2019

Dow & BioLogiQ Collaborate to Develop Plant-Based Resins for Sustainable Plastics

Dow & BioLogiQ Collaborate to Develop Plant-Based Resins for Sustainable Plastics

Dow and BioLogiQ are collaborating to evaluate potential synergies between BioLogiQ’s novel NuPlastiQ® BioPolymer, a thermoplastic plant-based resin, and Dow’s industry-leading polyethylene resin portfolio, in an effort to explore enhanced sustainable plastic options.

From BiologiQ, Inc. 24 Apr 2019

New Study Shows Home-Delivered Meal Kits are Greener than Formerly Believed

New Study Shows Home-Delivered Meal Kits are Greener than Formerly Believed

Meal kit services, which provide a box of pre-portioned ingredients and a chef-selected recipe to one’s door, are massively popular but get a bad environmental rap because of perceived packaging waste.

23 Apr 2019

A Sustainable Method to Boost Seed Oil Yield in Crops

A Sustainable Method to Boost Seed Oil Yield in Crops

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore have created a sustainable way to show a new genetic alteration that can boost the yield of natural oil in seeds by up to 15% in laboratory settings.

22 Apr 2019

Researchers Solve the Structure of Key Enzyme for Sustainable Recycling of PET Polymer

Researchers Solve the Structure of Key Enzyme for Sustainable Recycling of PET Polymer

The molecular structure of a key enzyme called MHETase has now been solved by researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum-Berlin (HZB) and the University of Greifswald and Helmholtz-Zentrum-Berlin (HZB) at BESSY II.

15 Apr 2019

Study Reveals Plant Ingredients are not Sustainable Fishmeal Substitutes

Study Reveals Plant Ingredients are not Sustainable Fishmeal Substitutes

Commercial fish feed manufacturers are progressively switching fishmeal – a powder made from fish – for crop-based ingredients in a move compelled by economic incentives and a desire to enhance the sustainability of aquafeed.

15 Apr 2019

Current International Target for the Protected Area Estate Fails, Argue Scientists

Current International Target for the Protected Area Estate Fails, Argue Scientists

An international research reported in the journal Science on April 11th, 2019 claims that the existing international target for the protected area estate, approved by more than 190 countries, is failing.

12 Apr 2019

New Products for Energy Research: Battery & Solar Materials

New Products for Energy Research: Battery & Solar Materials

Explore battery and solar materials for your energy research.

From Merck KGaA

Thermo Scientific™ Energy 11 Twin-Screw Extruder

Thermo Scientific™ Energy 11 Twin-Screw Extruder

The Energy 11 Twin-Screw Extruder is a versatile piece of equipment designed for various applications in battery research and development.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Materials Characterization

ARL QUANT’X ED X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

ARL QUANT’X ED X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

The ARL QUANT'X is a complete energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer solution for all your elemental analysis needs.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific - Elemental and Phase Analysis

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