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Federal Government Body Sounds Climate Alarm Over Reef

A key Federal Government body has identified climate change as the greatest threat to the Great Barrier Reef and is calling for greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced as urgently as possible.

18 Jul 2019

World's Erosion Experts Gather at Gateway to GBR

Leading Australian and international gully erosion experts will meet in Townsville next week and view first-hand the severe impact this type of land degradation is having on the Great Barrier Reef.

18 Jul 2019

AIMPLAS Participates in FLOTANT Project to Produce Cost-Effective Electricity

AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Center, is participating in the FLOTANT project, which aims to develop a solution to produce electricity by installing marine wind farms in water depths of 100 to 600 meters that would reduce on installation and maintenance costs up to 55% to 60% lower as compared to the current technology.

17 Jul 2019

Solving Hunger Through Solar Power

RxSun, a locally owned, Chicago-based residential solar company, has partnered with the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, Feeding America, to help fight hunger. For each residential solar system installed by RxSun, the company will donate 1,000 meals to those in need.

From RxSun 17 Jul 2019

Prototype Tool Will Help Farmers Analyse Nutritional Content and Possible Contamination in Food Production

A precision-engineered replica model of an analysis tool allowing farmers to test for possible contamination in food is helping a technology company attract investment which could maximise yields and cut the spread of disease.

From Ogle Models & Prototypes 17 Jul 2019

Rotterdam: Solutions for Extreme Rainfall and Drought – The City as a Sponge

By making the city act as a sponge, the effects of climate change may be mitigated more successfully. As of the beginning of this month, Rotterdam has a Sponge Garden, intended to investigate how this can look in practice.

17 Jul 2019

Water in Lithium Ion Battery Materials - Reliable and Precise Determination by Karl Fischer Titration

Lithium ion batteries are energizing the current mega trend towards electrical mobility.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 17 Jul 2019

Megadrought Caused Mega Biodiversity Loss

Researchers at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have painstakingly reconstructed the nation’s ‘once in a century drought’ in the early 1900s, revealing that it caused mass ecosystem collapse and dramatic declines in plant and animal populations across more than a third of the continent.

16 Jul 2019

CSIRO Creation Scales up to Tackle Waste

ASPIRE (Advisory System for Processing, Innovation & Resource Exchange) has transitioned out of CSIRO’s Data61, the data and digital specialist arm of Australia’s national science agency, and is scaling its operations nationally to better manage the 67 million tonnes of waste generated in Australia each year.

16 Jul 2019

Reducing Pollutant Emissions at Sea

Starting in January 2020, ship exhaust gases will only be permitted to have a sulphur content of 0.5 percent. Consequently, the maritime industry is working on innovative solutions to further reduce the environmental impact of large engines.

16 Jul 2019

Monash Chemists May Find a Sustainable Alternative to Palm Oil in Soaps and Cosmetics

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has awarded Monash chemists $442,635 to work with industry on developing a new generation of sustainable surfactants. Surfactants are compounds typically used in cleaning products, but could also be applied to soaps and cosmetics, reducing the use of controversial palm oil.

16 Jul 2019

Preserving Biodiversity, Water and Mountain Ecosystems: Toulouse INP and AXA Create the AXA Chair on Functional Mountain Ecology

Whether we live in cities, rural areas or more remote areas like the mountains, we are reliant on nature and biodiversity for the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat.

13 Jul 2019

Chemical Recycling Solution for Polystyrene - INEOS Styrolution Teams up with Müller

To develop a circular solution for polystyrene based on chemical recycling, INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics has teamed up with Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, a recognized leader in dairy products.

From INEOS Styrolution Group GmbH 12 Jul 2019

Solar Power System That Works at Night a Renewable Energy Game-Changer

An innovative thermal battery being developed by Curtin University researchers will be key to a solar power system capable of producing electricity overnight, rivalling fossil fuels as a viable source of power for commercial and heavy industries around the world, including mining operations.

12 Jul 2019

UniSA Study Finds Solar Batteries can Make Economic Sense in SA

With the boom in rooftop solar witnessed in recent years, a growing number of consumers are considering battery storage options in order to become less dependent on the main power grid.

12 Jul 2019