Scientists are investigating how shell waste from crustaceans could be turned into polymer precursors as a substitute to petroleum-derived solutions.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 07, 2013 not rated yet 1

Researchers at the University of Jaen (Spain) have mixed waste from the paper industry with ceramic material used in the construction industry. The result is a brick that has low thermal conductivity meaning ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Dec 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—North America's biggest fuel cell power plant is coming to Connecticut, and construction is to begin immediately. Dominion Resources, an energy company based in Virginia, and FuelCell Energy, ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Dec 19, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 4 |

(Phys.org)—Gravity: It's the law in these parts. But to reach the stars, humans may have to learn to live outside the law.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Dec 18, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 2

The interior of an animal cell is like a small city, with factories—called organelles—dedicated to manufacturing, energy production, waste processing, and other life functions. A network of intercellular "highways," called ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—In future it may be easier for chemists, biologists and physicists to obtain the ideal substance with which to clarify numerous research issues. For the first time, a team of scientists from ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Dec 05, 2012 4.7 / 5 (7) 2 |

Thanks to research by Mari Winkler, it should now be possible to integrate two successful TU Delft technologies for the treatment of waste water with bacteria, Nereda and Anammox, into a single plant. On Wednesday 5 September, ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Sep 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

A by-product of biofuel manufacture can power microbial fuel cells to generate electricity cheaply and efficiently, according to scientists presenting their work at the Society for General Microbiology's ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Sep 05, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

A new biofuel production process created by Michigan State University researchers produces energy more than 20 times higher than existing methods.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jul 10, 2012 5 / 5 (7) 3 |

Scientists have produced a previously unseen uranium molecule, in a development that could help improve clean-up processes for nuclear waste.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 12, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 0 |

A University of Alberta research team has discovered that technology commonly used to decontaminate food industry equipment can also rid meat processing plants of lethal microbial material responsible for the human version ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 02, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1

More than 192 million tonnes of fruit and vegetable waste is produced in Europe every year. The continued use of oil as a raw material is a serious obstacle in the way of sustainable industrial development, ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jan 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

If all the UK's discarded wrapping paper and Christmas cards were collected and fermented, they could make enough biofuel to run a double-decker bus to the moon and back more than 20 times, according to the researchers behind ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Dec 23, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Waste heat is a byproduct of nearly all electrical devices and industrial processes, from driving a car to flying an aircraft or operating a power plant. Engineering researchers at Rensselaer ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Sep 29, 2011 4.8 / 5 (5) 5 |

A designer metamaterial has shown it can engineer emitted "blackbody" radiation with an efficiency beyond the natural limits imposed by the material's temperature, a team of researchers led by Boston College ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Jul 22, 2011 4.8 / 5 (16) 7 |