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Cold Conversion of Food Waste into Renewable Energy and Fertilizer Could Reduce Canada's Carbon Footprint

A team of researchers from Concordia’s Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in partnership with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. are keen on tackling global warming in colder climes.

1 Jun 2017

Chemists Develop Self-Healing Catalyst for Hydrogen Production

The process of manufacturing hydrogen from water experiences chemically aggressive conditions, which wears out the catalysts that are used. Regenerating themselves would thus be practical.

29 May 2017

New Highly Efficient Catalyst for Breaking Resistant Chemical Bonds Simplifies Recycling of Plastic Waste

Both proteins and Kevlar have long chain molecules that are strung together by amide bonds. These powerful chemical bonds are also common to several other molecules that naturally occur and even to man-made plastics and pharmaceuticals.

29 May 2017

New Technique to Transform Manufacture of Molecular Hydrogen

The demand for development of renewable energy sources is growing as there is widespread concern regarding the energy crisis and the seriousness of environmental contamination. These renewable energy sources must be feasible alternatives to diminishing fossil fuels.

22 May 2017

Potential Environmental Sustainability Benefits Revealed in Full Life Cycle Assessment of Second-Generation Biofuels

Critical concerns have been raised by a number of studies regarding the promise of corn ethanol’s ability to alleviate climate change and minimize dependence on fossil fuels.

22 May 2017

New Finding Could Help Bring Down Cost of Creating Biofuels

A Los Alamos research team have used the neutron crystallography technique to map the three-dimensional structure of a protein that breaks down polysaccharides, such as the fibrous cellulose of woody plants and grasses.

19 May 2017

Georgia Tech Student Team Builds Hydrogen-Powered Car for Shell Eco-Marathon

Georgia Tech students participating in the Shell Eco-Marathon event have spent part of spring semester constructing an ultra-fuel-efficient vehicle. Built in just six weeks, the vehicle was taken by the team to Detroit, Michigan, to race against international universities.

12 May 2017

HyperSolar Develops Revolutionary Oxygen Catalyst to Produce Cost-Efficient, Renewable Hydrogen

HyperSolar, the developer of an innovative technology to generate renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, recently reported the successful development of an efficient and economical catalyst for oxygen production – a crucial half reaction of water-splitting for hydrogen production.

10 May 2017

Novel Process to Purify Polluted Air and Generate Power Simultaneously

A team of researchers from the University of Antwerp and KU Leuven have successfully developed a process that purifies air and simultaneously generates power. In order for the device to function, it must only be exposed to light.

9 May 2017

Bacteria-Based Technology to Help Recycle Wastewater into Hydrogen for Use in Fuel Manufacture

A team of researchers from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new process that recycles wastewater from biofuel production to produce hydrogen with the main ingredient being “electrical” bacteria.

8 May 2017