Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are remarkable next-generation materials that possess the largest internal surface area of any identified substance.
Scientists agree that changes in land use such as deforestation, and not just greenhouse gas emissions, can play a significant role altering the world's climate systems. Now, a new study by researchers at MIT and Dartmouth College reveals how another type of land use, intensive agriculture, can impact regional climate.
Mixed-halide perovskite thin films are ideal ‘smart windows' (capable of adjustable transparency, color change & solar power generation) development.
By Brett Smith
12 Feb 2018
Plant enthusiasts are acquainted with peat moss as the main component of potting mix, but harvest of the material is turning out to be unsustainable.
An innovative method for easily and cost-efficiently eliminating highly resistant pollutants from water has been devised by chemists.
Amazon Filters reports on growing sales of Halal certified filter cartridges and housings to global food and beverage manufacturers looking to supply the international Muslim community.
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THE CLIMATE COUNCIL has launched its major national report ‘Icons at Risk: Climate Change Threatening Australian Tourism’ on Thursday.
The national report shows that Australia’s most popular tourist destinations a...
An accelerating need to find energy sources to substitute decreasing fossil fuels means that hydrogen will probably have a significant role in the future.
MIT engineers working with scientists in Kuwait have found that volcanic rocks, when pulverized into a fine ash, can be used as a sustainable additive in concrete structures.
Global ozone has had an unexpected decrease in sections of the atmosphere could be preventing rehabilitation at lower latitudes.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
7 Feb 2018
New research by CHEOPS has found a way to reduce the ‘dead area’ or photovoltaic cells by applying an enhanced laser patterning process.
By Isabelle Robinson
6 Feb 2018
Minute plastic particles pose a threat to creatures on land and could have damaging effects similar or even more challenging than in the oceans.
Scientists at Southern California have revealed a new, more efficient pathway for converting methane — a potent gas adding to climate change — directly into basic chemicals for making agrochemicals, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
OPES Solutions has continued to secure its position as a leading manufacturer of off-grid solar modules, by creating a super light system of photovoltaics.
By Luke Edwards
6 Feb 2018
Research about the sequential deposition reaction used to build perovskite solar panels, offering a fundamental understanding of perovskite formation.