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Researchers Examine Circular Carbon Economy to Protect the Earth

Several efficient ways have been devised by Earth for preserving the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2)—from sequestration by oceans and forests to the formation of fossil fuels and limestone by organisms that have been dead for a long time.

14 Jun 2019

A New 3D Printed Device Could Turn Waste Heat into Electrical Power

A new 3D printed thermoelectric device, which turns heat into electric power with an efficiency factor more than 50% higher than the earlier best for printed materials — and is inexpensive to produce in mass scale — has been produced by scientists at Swansea University’s SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre.

14 Jun 2019

Mineral-Induced Carbon Sequestration May Explain Abundance of Oxygen in the Earth’s Atmosphere

Many people might recall the Earth’s carbon cycle from their grade school science class. The carbon cycle occurs something like this: plants release oxygen into the atmosphere after taking up carbon dioxide and changing it into organic carbon.

13 Jun 2019

Researchers Get Ready to Reboot Field of Aromatic-Fused Porphyrin Sensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Scientists from the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences at Kyoto University have developed a well-known variety of dye-sensitized solar cell more effectively by modifying and updating its structure.

13 Jun 2019

Kites Could Soon be a Green Energy Source Based on Wind Tunnel Tests

The use of kites to trap wind energy and convert it into inexpensive “green” electricity could soon be within reach, with EPSRC-sponsored research at Imperial College London playing a vital role in facilitating this feat.

13 Jun 2019

CEA-Leti Announces Smart-Farm Project to Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Boost Farming Efficiency

Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, today announced a new European Commission smart-farming project that will deliver real-time data on soil conditions.

From CEA-Leti 13 Jun 2019

Researchers Create Microorganism for Algae Biomass to Produce Biofuel and Biochemical

Biorefinery technology uses biomass as a feedstock and changes it to energy and other useful by-products. It is gaining attention as an eco-friendly and sustainable technology to overcome the issue of fossil fuel depletion.

12 Jun 2019

Study Shows Electric Vehicles Could Improve Air Quality and Human Health in Houston

According to the April 2019 report “State of the Air” released by the American Lung Association, Houston is ranked 17th for particle pollution and 9th nationally for worst ozone pollution.

12 Jun 2019

Researchers Develop Hybrid Technology Optiverter that is Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable

The entire world is eventually advancing toward a more sustainable lifestyle. Changes in the present lifestyle and introduction of new, more sustainable solutions in daily consumption are needed for the sustainability of the environment.

12 Jun 2019

Scientists Increase Stability and Efficiency of Perovskite Solar Cells

Scientists from NUST MISIS and IPCE RAS (Moscow, Russia) together with Italian colleagues from University of Rome Tor Vergata managed to significantly increase stability and effectiveness of perovskite elements – promising materials for solar energy – by adding a layer of copper iodide (CuI).

12 Jun 2019

Fujitsu Expands Initiative to Resolve Ocean Plastic Waste Problem

Fujitsu Limited has announced that the Fujitsu Group is expanding its initiative to reduce plastic use in business activities to resolve the ocean plastic waste problem, which is having an increasingly severe global impact on the ecosystem. Through these efforts, Fujitsu will work on a global scale to raise employee awareness of the plastic waste problem, contributing to accomplishing the SDGs.

From Fujitsu Services Limited 12 Jun 2019

Carbon Footprint of What We Eat Could be Greatly Reduced by Changing Just One Food Each Day

Food production is a main contributor to climate change, constituting around one-quarter of carbon emissions worldwide.

11 Jun 2019

Scientists Develop Method to Produce Diesel Fuel and Hydrogen by Exploiting Light Energy and Biomass

Recently, researchers have created a technique to generate hydrogen and diesel fuel by utilizing biomass-derived feedstocks and light energy (solar energy or artificial light energy).

11 Jun 2019

New Transparent Bioplastic for Fully-compostable Food Packaging

Group of scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania have created biodegradable plastic, which decays in a compost bin in a couple of years. Bioplastic created at KTU is transparent and all the materials in its composition are suitable for contact with food.

11 Jun 2019