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Eco Start-Up Makes Waves to Give Sailing Waste a Second Life

Waste textiles from sailing boats could be given a new lease of life as a result of a research project upcycling plastic fibers from sails into new chemicals such as vanillin – the compound used in cosmetics and food products for a vanilla flavour and smell.

From IBioIC 30 Jul 2024

Study Reveals Trees’ Hidden Role in Climate Control

Microbes that live in tree bark are sucking greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, making trees an even more critical part of combating climate change than scientists previously thought, according to a study published today in Nature.

29 Jul 2024

MIT Engineers Discover Promising New Proton Conductors for Clean Energy Technologies

As the name suggests, most electronic devices today work through the movement of electrons. But materials that can efficiently conduct protons — the nucleus of the hydrogen atom — could be key to a number of important technologies for combating global climate change.

29 Jul 2024

Carbon Removal Technologies Could Revitalize the Steel Industry

Recent research carried out by Heriot-Watt University’s Research Centre for Carbon Solutions, published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, suggests that by combining carbon capture technologies with financial incentives, the steel industry can not only reduce its carbon footprint but also become profitable by using lower-grade iron ore.

29 Jul 2024

Anaerobic Digestion Turns Grass into Green Fuel

Researchers from Iowa State University analyzed the effects of employing anaerobic digestion to generate renewable natural gas from grassy biomass in various contexts and from different angles.

29 Jul 2024

Desalination Outperforms Direct Seawater Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production

In a recent study published in the journal Joule, researchers from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin discussed the advantages and disadvantages of the various strategies proposed earlier by scientists on the production of green hydrogen from unpurified saltwater.

29 Jul 2024

Fresh Light on the Path to Net Zero

Scientists are closer to giving the next generation of solar cells a powerful boost by integrating a process that could make the technology more efficient by breaking particles of light—photons—into small chunks.

From The University of New South Wales (UNSW) 28 Jul 2024

Optimizing Urban Microgrids for Resilience and Equity

In a recent study in Nature Sustainability, researchers explored how urban microgrid planning can enhance city resilience, well-being, and equity against diverse threats such as natural disasters and cyber-attacks.

By Muhammad Osama 26 Jul 2024

A Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining is Essential for Ocean Health

Negotiators from around the world are in Kingston, Jamaica this week for International Seabed Authority (ISA) meetings. Member countries are expected to hold the first-ever open debate on a deep sea mining moratorium, wi...

26 Jul 2024

Innovative Method to Produce Hydrogen Using Recycled Aluminum and Seawater

MIT engineers have developed a fast and sustainable method for producing hydrogen fuel using aluminum, saltwater, and coffee grounds.

26 Jul 2024

Machine Learning Revolutionizes Biological Waste Management

A research team from Tongji University published a review in Circular Economy that examined the use of ML in the biological treatment of organic wastes.

25 Jul 2024

Acoustic Pollution Disrupts Critical Oyster Behaviors

Scientists from The University of Adelaide have shown that noise from human activities is disrupting the natural auditory cues that baby oysters use to locate themselves in particular habitats. The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

25 Jul 2024

Solvent-Free Flash Joule Heating Enables High-Yield Battery Recovery

A research team at Rice University is addressing the environmental challenge of efficiently recycling lithium-ion batteries as their usage continues to rise.

25 Jul 2024

Renewable E-Methanol Shows Promise as Green Fuel

In a recent study published in iEnergy, a group of researchers from Tsinghua University looked into the viability of using various carbon sources, such as bio-carbon, direct air capture (DAC), fossil fuel carbon capture (FFCC), and fossil sources, to produce renewable e-methanol.

25 Jul 2024

Tree-Inspired 3D-Printed Solar Steam Generators for Efficient Desalination

Faced with the world's impending freshwater scarcity, researchers in Singapore turned to solar steam generators, which are emerging as a promising device for seawater desalination. The team sought design inspiration from trees and harnessed the potential of 3D printing.

25 Jul 2024