New technologies often mean elements start moving through the environment in new ways. Take lead plumbing: it helped provide access to fresh water for the masses, but left a toxic legacy that remains to this day.
Ecology
Nov 15, 2022
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The accumulation of plastic waste in the oceans, soil, and even in our bodies is one of the major pollution issues of modern times, with over 5 billion tons disposed of so far. Despite major efforts to recycle plastic products, ...
Polymers
Oct 6, 2022
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During his internship as a Chemical Technology student at Danish company Haldor Topsøe, UT Ph.D. researcher Kevin Rouwenhorst realized the many opportunities offered by ammonia. At the moment, it is principally used to manufacture ...
Materials Science
Sep 9, 2022
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Idaho National Laboratory is perhaps best known for innovative research that helps shape the clean energy economies of today and tomorrow—and for good reason. But while much of the laboratory's work is focused on building ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 11, 2022
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Some of the economic sectors that are the hardest to decarbonize would benefit from the emergence of substantially more efficient catalysts involved in energy conversion chemical reactions. A breakthrough here might depend ...
Biochemistry
Jul 21, 2022
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The new UN climate report shows that the zero emissions goal for 2050 is achievable. However, it will require major changes in all sectors—not least in industry, which currently accounts for a large proportion of global ...
Environment
Apr 8, 2022
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However quickly the world slashes greenhouse gas emissions, it will still need to suck CO2 from the air and oceans to avoid climate catastrophe, a landmark UN report said this week.
Environment
Apr 5, 2022
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Oxygen levels in the atmosphere during the mid-Proterozoic—about 1.4 billion years ago—were higher than previously thought, according to an international team of researchers who looked at oxygen combined with sulfur to ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2022
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Sunlight, one of the planet's most abundant sources of renewable energy, could be used to power lasers, according to a study from Heriot-Watt University.
General Physics
Jan 25, 2022
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At the start of the year, it's always a good idea to look around and see what has changed during the previous 12 months. In mid-December, energy consultant Amy Myers Jaffe examined the state of sustainability finance in a ...
Environment
Jan 4, 2022
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