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New Highly Efficient Catalyst for Breaking Resistant Chemical Bonds Simplifies Recycling of Plastic Waste

Both proteins and Kevlar have long chain molecules that are strung together by amide bonds. These powerful chemical bonds are also common to several other molecules that naturally occur and even to man-made plastics and pharmaceuticals.

29 May 2017

Climate Change and Wildfire Events Play a Big Role in Reduction of Stored Carbon in Forests

New research from a multi-university team of biologists shows what could be a startling drop in the amount of carbon stored in the Sierra Nevada mountains due to projected climate change and wildfire events.

26 May 2017

NIVA Team Prepares Effective Restoration Plan of Aquatic Ecosystems

In the past, extreme modifications by multiple and interacting pressures have offered increased human wellbeing. However, these pressures have tarnished ecosystems and the sustainability of their goods and services.

25 May 2017

Nanoengineers Develop the First Printed, Rechargeable and Flexible Battery

The first printed battery that is rechargeable, stretchable and flexible has been developed by Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego. The zinc batteries are capable of being used to power everything from solar cells to wearable sensors and various other kinds of electronics.

25 May 2017

New Dawn Of Higher Solar Module Efficiencies Moves Closer With Nanowire Breakthrough

Sol Voltaics has taken a significant leap towards commercializing its highly anticipated, efficiency-boosting solar technology by completing the manufacture of PV nanowires using its proprietary Aerotaxy® process. The breakthrough paves the way for Sol Voltaics to bring its SolFilm™ PV solutions to market delivering solar module power boosts of up to 50% at very low cost.

25 May 2017

Gold Nanoparticles can be Used for Recycling Biofuel Waste into Useful Additive

Gold nanoparticles act as catalysts for obtaining glycerol-based valuable chemical products. A team of researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University and their international colleagues are creating golden catalysts to recycle one of the key byproducts of biofuel manufacture.

24 May 2017

Researchers Elaborate New Formation Strategy of Perovskite Solar Cells

A new method that allows obtaining highly crystalline organic-inorganic perovskite films for solar cells has been elaborated by members of the Laboratory of New Materials for Solar Energetics, working at the Faculty of Material Sciences. In association with their colleagues from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. The findings of this project are published in the Materials Horizons.

24 May 2017

Perovskite-Based Solar Cells Could Deliver Increased Efficiency

A collaborative team of Researchers from Lund University in Sweden and from Fudan University in China have been successful in designing a new structural organization using the potential solar cell material perovskite.

24 May 2017

Itronics Generates Revenues through Silver Bullion Production Using E-scrap

Itronics Inc., a diversified zinc fertilizer and silver producing green technology Company, recently announced the commencement of its silver bullion production using e-scrap as a "cost reducing" precious metal bearing raw material.

24 May 2017

On Edge Perovskite Improves Solar Cell Efficiency

Perovskite is a new and promising material in terms of solar cell development, and devices using these compounds have already dramatically increased in efficiency, from a mere 3.8% in 2009 to an impressive 22.1% in early 2016.

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 23 May 2017

Pasteurized Sludge Could be Used in Farmland as Fertilizer and Soil Improver

An astonishing 700,000 microfibres – threads of plastic the size of an ant’s leg – leach out of an average 6kg wash of acrylic clothing.

23 May 2017

New Technique to Transform Manufacture of Molecular Hydrogen

The demand for development of renewable energy sources is growing as there is widespread concern regarding the energy crisis and the seriousness of environmental contamination. These renewable energy sources must be feasible alternatives to diminishing fossil fuels.

22 May 2017

Potential Environmental Sustainability Benefits Revealed in Full Life Cycle Assessment of Second-Generation Biofuels

Critical concerns have been raised by a number of studies regarding the promise of corn ethanol’s ability to alleviate climate change and minimize dependence on fossil fuels.

22 May 2017

New Finding Could Help Bring Down Cost of Creating Biofuels

A Los Alamos research team have used the neutron crystallography technique to map the three-dimensional structure of a protein that breaks down polysaccharides, such as the fibrous cellulose of woody plants and grasses.

19 May 2017

Novel Microbial Fuel Cell Can Convert Methane to Electricity

When methane is transported from gas wellheads to the market, there are numerous opportunities for this greenhouse gas to escape into the atmosphere. Presently, an international research team has taken the first step in converting methane directly to electricity using bacteria, in a process that could be accomplished near the drilling sites.

18 May 2017