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Fuel-Cells-Based System for Minimizing Carbon Footprint and Energy Consumption of Cruise Ships

A fuel-cells-based system has been created by a researcher from EPFL to minimize the carbon footprint as well as energy consumption of cruise ships, which are becoming more and more popular among vacation goers across the globe.

23 Jan 2019

Study: Can Artificial Photosynthesis Limit Global Warming?

CO2 emissions have to be reduced as soon as possible. If not, CO2 will have to be removed from the atmosphere in the future to lower global warming. Planting new forests and biomass, as well as new technologies for artificial photosynthesis, could be contributing factors to this.

17 Jan 2019

Researchers Formulate Green Ammonia Production Process

Nearly a century ago a compound called ammonia was first synthesized. Today, it has dozens of uses and has become vital in making the fertilizer that currently sustains most of the worldwide food production.

14 Jan 2019

Natural Membrane Adapted to Create Renewable Fuels

A chemical reaction pathway key to plant biology has been adapted to become the backbone of a new process that changes water into hydrogen fuel with the aid of energy from the sun.

11 Jan 2019

New Study Predicts Lithium-Ion-Based Batteries to be the Cheapest Way to Store Electricity in Future

A new study has predicted that by 2050, lithium-ion-based batteries will be the most economical way to store electricity, for example, from solar or wind farms.

10 Jan 2019

First Ever Hour-Long Flight for Hydrogen Multi-Rotor UAV With 5 Kg Payload

A project to develop a hydrogen fuel cell powered multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), has beaten its original test flight target of 60 minutes with a 5 kg payload, setting an exciting new benchmark for flight time and payload in the commercial UAV industry.

From BATCAM 8 Jan 2019

Developing New Technologies to Tackle Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering are developing technologies that store, capture, convert, and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.

8 Jan 2019

New Electrocatalytic Mechanism Works Like Mammalian Lung to Convert Water into Fuel

Stanford University researchers have created an electrocatalytic mechanism that functions similar to a mammalian lung to turn water into fuel.

21 Dec 2018

New Hybrid Technology Makes it Easier to Capture and Purify CO2 Produced by the Cement Industry

Cement production contributes to 7% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Now, a novel hybrid technology makes it less costly and easier to capture and purify CO2 generated by the cement industry, and added to this, the technology can be retrofitted to existing cement plants.

12 Dec 2018

Bio-on and Hera Join Forces to Setup LUX-ON for Producing Bioplastic from CO2

High-quality bioplastic leader Bio-on, and Gruppo Hera, one of Italy’s major multi-utility providers, have struck a deal to take 90% and 10% shares, respectively (with the likelihood of Hera increasing its share to 49.9%) in LUX-ON, the new company founded by Bio-on aiming to transform the manufacture of PHAs biopolymers using CO2 taken from the atmosphere and generating energy without the need of fossil fuels.

11 Dec 2018