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Working Towards Creation of Non-Electric Battery to Store Solar Energy

For years materials chemists have been attempting to develop a new type of battery that is capable of storing solar or other light-sourced energy in chemical bonds instead of electrons, one that will discharge the energy on demand as heat rather than as electricity – addressing the necessity for long-standing, stable, efficient storage of solar energy.

20 Dec 2017

Researchers Identify Large Non-Traditional Sites for Future Solar Farms

There is a tradeoff when expansive solar farms are built on agricultural land: farmland vanishes, perhaps forever, in return for progress in the promising renewable energy sector.

20 Dec 2017

Study Reveals Unforeseen Side Effect to Cleaning Up Pollution over Urban Areas

According to a new research from Caltech, an imbalance between the trends in two common air pollutants is unpredictably activating the formation of a class of airborne organic compounds not typically found in the atmosphere over urban areas of North America.

19 Dec 2017

From Biomass to Plastic Toys

The environmental and safety issues surrounding conventional plastics are growing, particularly where toys are concerned.

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 19 Dec 2017

New Method May Help U.S. Coal Plants Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Carbon capture could help the country’s coal plants minimize greenhouse gas emissions, however economic challenges are part of the reason the technology is not extensively used at present. That could transform if power plants could convert captured carbon into a usable product.

18 Dec 2017

First Practical Floating Solar Hydrogen-Generating Device for Seawater Electrolysis

Within a single hour, an increased amount of energy generated from the sun hits the Earth than all the energy utilized by humankind in one whole year.

18 Dec 2017

Researchers Create Innovative Energy Generation Technology Based on Bituminous Coal

Bituminous coal contains more than 90% of organic fuels in the Earth’s lithosphere. By burning coal and other fossil fuels one can obtain electrical power (which is largely happening at HPPs).

18 Dec 2017

Compact Low Flow Process Filters

Amazon Filters has introduced 2.5-inch and 5-inch SupaPore Junior cartridge filters for processes where a compact filter system would be advantageous. These new cartridge filters are ideal for low flow (up to 2m3/...

18 Dec 2017

New Technique Could Determine Lithium Metal Plating During Lithium Ion Battery Charging

A new method developed by scientists at RWTH Aachen University, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and Technische Universität München provides a unique insight into how the lithium ion batteries’ charging rate can be a factor affecting their safety and limiting their lifetime.

15 Dec 2017

New Catalyst Could Help Reduce Pollutants in Exhaust from Advanced Engines

With cars becoming more fuel efficient, a smaller amount of heat is wasted in the exhaust, which makes it tougher to clean up the pollutants being discharged.

15 Dec 2017

Impacts of Climate Change Could Strongly Increase by Mid-Century

Environmental models employed by researchers at the University of New Hampshire are demonstrating that the effects of climate change could become increasingly stronger by the middle of the 21st century, a warning to nature lovers.

15 Dec 2017

Changing Climate Presents Unique Challenges and Opportunities for Northeast Farmers

Farmers in the Northeast are adapting to longer growing seasons and warming climate conditions – but they may face spring-planting whiplash as they confront fields increasingly saturated with rain, according to a research paper published in the journal Climatic Change.

15 Dec 2017