Hydrogen could be an important part of our future energy supply: It can be stored, transported and burned as needed. However, most of the hydrogen available today is a by-product of natural gas production, and this has to ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 31, 2022
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Marvel at the tiny nanoscale structures emerging from research labs at Duke University and Arizona State University, and it's easy to imagine you're browsing a catalog of the world's smallest pottery.
Bio & Medicine
Dec 23, 2022
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In the recent past, there has been a paradigm shift towards renewable sources of energy in order to address the concerns pertaining to environmental degradation and dwindling fossil fuels. A variety of alternative green energy ...
Materials Science
Jun 14, 2021
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An international team of scientists has released the updated and improved estimations of Potential Evapotranspiration and an Aridity Index for the entire world based upon a fully parameterized geospatial implementation of ...
Environment
Jul 26, 2022
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A new invention that uses sunlight to drive water purification could help solve the problem of providing clean water off the grid.
Materials Science
Mar 31, 2021
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Bio-based plastics such as polylactic acid (PLA) were invented to help solve the plastic waste crisis, but they often end up making waste management more challenging.
Polymers
Nov 17, 2023
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The future economy based on renewable and sustainable energy sources might utilize battery-powered cars, large-scale solar and wind farms, and energy reserves stored in batteries and chemical fuels. Although there are examples ...
Materials Science
Sep 4, 2020
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Water may be more widespread and recent on Mars than previously thought, based on observations of Martian sand dunes by China's rover.
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2023
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An international team of researchers has developed nanorobots capable of removing heavy metals from polluted water. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group describes their nanorobots and how ...
Cornell chemists have discovered a class of nonprecious metal derivatives that can catalyze fuel cell reactions about as well as platinum, at a fraction of the cost.
Materials Science
Feb 3, 2022
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