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University of Bristol Chemists Use Beer as a Key Ingredient to Make Sustainable Petrol

It is a commonly accepted fact that there is an urgent requirement for sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels for transportation to replace petrol and diesel.

7 Dec 2017

New System Uses Renewable Electricity to Transform CO2 into CO

Everyday, over 2 million pounds of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere from factories, the burning of natural gas for the generation of electricity, and emissions from trucks and cars.

6 Dec 2017

MQDC Joins MIT Energy Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Property Projects

To enhance the sustainability of homes and property projects in Thailand, Bangkok-based property developer Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Limited has joined the MIT Energy Initiative, with a three-year membership agreement in MITEI's Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research.

6 Dec 2017

Research Provides Fuller Picture of Large Methane Emissions from Amazon Floodplain Trees

New research solves mystery of missing methane source in the Amazon Rainforest. Environmental scientists from The Open University (OU) have discovered that trees growing in the Amazon floodplains surrounding the Amazon River emit as much methane (CH4) into the atmosphere as all of the world’s oceans.

6 Dec 2017

NUS Scientists Develop Novel, Cost-Effective System to Treat Industrial Wastewater

NUS innovation can remove up to 99 per cent recalcitrant impurities from industrial wastewater without using chemicals or generating sludge

6 Dec 2017

Low Cost Water Purification Using Minimal Energy

Researchers from NUS Faculty of Engineering have come up with a novel wastewater purification system that can remove up to 99 per cent of hard-to-treat organic compounds found in industrial wastewater.

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 6 Dec 2017

Latest Clean Diesel Trucks Offer Clean Air and Fuel Saving Benefits

The Diesel Technology Forum has issued a statement on the occasion of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) public hearing concerning heavy duty emissions standards:

5 Dec 2017

Innovative, Non-Toxic Solvent for Synthesizing Next-Generation Biofuel Ethanol

Industrial ethanol, a first-generation biofuel, is synthesized from foodstuffs such as maize, and hence presents considerable worry in relation to a probable future food shortage. Hence it would be wise to synthesize ethanol from non-food biomass such as waste paper, weeds, paper cup, and so on—that is, second-generation biofuel ethanol.

5 Dec 2017

Non-Hazardous Coating for Inhibiting the Marine Organism Growth on Ship Hull

One of the main challenges faced by the shipping industry is the quick covering of the ships’ hulls by marine organisms such as algae, barnacles, or muscles and the subsequent deterioration of their paintwork.

4 Dec 2017

Reducing Emissions from Housing and Transportation Sectors Could Reduce Pollution

Globally, the United States is among the major emitters of greenhouse gas. The Obama government initiated attempts to decrease the figures by improving the standards of vehicle fuel economy in the year 2011 and by introducing its Clean Power Plan (CPP) proposals in the year 2015.

4 Dec 2017

FuelCell Energy and Toyota Collaborate on Sustainable Transportation Fuel Project

FuelCell Energy, an international company dealing with clean, innovative, and economical fuel cell solutions for the supply, recovery, and storage of energy, has just reported the execution of a hydrogen and power off-take agreement with Toyota, highlighting a unique collaboration in which Toyota will buy renewable hydrogen for vehicle fueling produced on-site from a multi-megawatt SureSourceTM fuel cell power plant situated at the Port of Long Beach in California.

1 Dec 2017

MIT Plans in Place to Meet Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

MIT has been forging ahead on strategies to implement the Institute's Plan for Action on Climate Change, which was adopted in 2015.

1 Dec 2017

Bacteria Created by Caltech Team can Make Boron-Carbon Bonds

Caltech's Frances Arnold, the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry, and her team, in feat of bioengineering, have formed bacteria that can, for the first time, make chemical compounds having bonds between carbon and boron. Before now, such boron-carbon bonds were formed only in the laboratories of chemists and could not be created by any known life form.

30 Nov 2017

Nylon Filter Cartridge Optimised for Petrochemical Processing

With maximum operating temperatures of 150°C and compatibility with petrochemical products including aromatics, Amazon Filters SupaSpun II Nylon filter cartridges provide unmatched performance for use in refineries and o...

30 Nov 2017

Affordable Ventilated Laboratory Cabinet

The Asynt GP540 is a new bench-mounted, general-purpose, ventilated laboratory cabinet designed for use in a wide-range of applications. In the modern laboratory, where space is always at a premium, the compact GP...

30 Nov 2017