ESA has several green initiatives to foster economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic while promoting clean living and digital transformation. They seek to use disruptive technologies to transform urban green areas, ...
Environment
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The designers of solar cells know their creations must contend with a wide range of temperatures and all sorts of weather conditions—conditions that can impact their efficiency and useful lifetime.
Materials Science
Oct 26, 2020
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National University of Singapore chemists have discovered catalyst-controlled divergent reactions to synthesize three different classes of medium-sized bicyclic compounds from the same starting materials for the development ...
Materials Science
Oct 26, 2020
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Researchers have developed a powerful, low-cost method for recycling used cooking oil and agricultural waste into biodiesel, and turning food scraps and plastic rubbish into high-value products.
Materials Science
Oct 26, 2020
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A new nanocatalyst that recycles major greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), into highly value-added hydrogen (H2) gas has been developed. This catalyst is expected to greatly contribute to the ...
Materials Science
Oct 26, 2020
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A new IIASA-led study shows that coordinated international action on energy-efficient, climate-friendly cooling could avoid as much as 600 billion tons CO2 equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions in this century.
Environment
Oct 6, 2020
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Tohoku University researchers have improved a method for probing semiconducting crystals with light to detect defects and impurities. The details of their omnidirectional photoluminescence (ODPL) spectroscopy set-up were ...
Materials Science
Oct 6, 2020
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Northwestern University researchers are casting a net for nanoparticles.
Nanomaterials
Oct 6, 2020
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A group of researchers at the University of Ottawa has been looking for ways to improve enzyme design methodologies and recently published their findings in Nature Communications.
Biochemistry
Oct 1, 2020
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Efficiently simulating the noise generated by wings and propellers promises to accelerate the development of quieter aircraft and turbines.
General Physics
Sep 28, 2020
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