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Rutgers-Led Team Invents Paper-Based Sanitizer that Kills Harmful Bacteria

Imagine wearing clothes that have layers of paper to shield you from dangerous microbes. Now, a research team, headed by Rutgers University, has developed an effective and low-cost method to destroy bacteria and disinfect surfaces with paper-based devices.

2 May 2017

Stanford Researchers Develop Advanced Electronics that are Flexible, Organic and Biodegradable

As electronics are increasingly becoming common in everyone’s lives – from smartphones to wearable sensors – so too does the constantly rising volume of electronic waste they create. A United Nations Environment Program report discovered that approximately 50 million tons of electronic waste was dumped in 2017—over 20 % more than waste in 2015.

2 May 2017

Researchers Create Eco-Friendly Electronic Components from Corn Starch

The amount of electronic waste generated keeps increasing as consumers keep upgrading their devices at a rapid pace. To help battle this problematic environmental issue, researchers have altered a degradable bioplastic fabricated from corn starch and other natural sources for use in more eco-friendly electronic parts.

20 Apr 2017

New Technology Could Lead to Greener and More Efficient Construction Vehicles

Construction vehicles could become more efficient and environmentally-friendly, thanks to new technology developed by WMG at the University of Warwick.

25 Nov 2016

Sandia, UNM Researchers Develop Powerful New Way to Capture Carbon Dioxide with Bubble-Like Membranes

Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico (UNM) have created a powerful new way to capture carbon dioxide from coal- and gas-fired electricity plants with a bubble-like membrane that harnesses the power of nature to reduce CO2 emissions efficiently.

2 Sep 2016

New Technique for Producing Synthetic Rubber Could Reduce Pollution

Scrap tires have been a feature on environmentalists blacklists for many years now. The tires have caused huge toxic fires, collect in landfills, get burnt for fuel and harbor pests.

25 Aug 2016

Breakthrough Alkyclean Process Technology Receives 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award

Albemarle Corporation announced today that it and technology partner CB&I are recipients of the 2016 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in cooperation with the American Chemical Society.

15 Jun 2016

Scientists Use Leaves and Sodium to Make Batteries

ACS Applied Materials Interfaces recently published a study by University of Maryland scientists, who have discovered a new method for preparing batteries. This new preparation method starts with baking a leaf, and then adding sodium. The scientists used a carbonized oak leaf filled with sodium as a negative terminal or anode for the demonstration battery.

1 Feb 2016

International Sustainability Group, Cóndor Servicios Integrales S.A.S. to Explore Environment-Cleaning Methodologies

International Sustainability Group, Inc. an innovative green technology company announced today, that they have agreed to partner with Cóndor Servicios Integrales S.A.S. to explore methodologies to help clean up the environment.

26 Dec 2015

New Dust Extraction System Makes Shop-Floor Indoor Climate 75% Cleaner

A dust extraction unit that exploits the laws of nature has made the indoor climate on the ‘shop-floor’ of the Thamshavn smelter in Norway 75 percent cleaner.

4 Nov 2015