With news that companies like Starbucks, Hyatt and Marriott have agreed to ban plastic straws, it's a fitting time to consider the role of plastic in our daily lives. Plastics are an often overlooked modern wonder – cheap ...
Environment
Aug 16, 2018
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Sales of furfural derivatives could make renewable fuel production considerably more financially attractive, according to a new University of Maine study.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 14, 2018
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Switching to renewable fuels could significantly lower exhaust emissions of toxic nitrogen oxides (NOx) as well as curbing global greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers at KAUST have combined computer analysis with laser-based ...
Materials Science
Aug 14, 2018
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To halt climate change in this century, heavy-duty infrastructure undergirding the world's major economies must be redesigned – starting now – to ensure no increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. According to a ...
Environment
Jun 29, 2018
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Indigenous communities are rejecting non-indigenous energy projects in favour of community-led sustainable energy infrastructure.
Energy & Green Tech
May 25, 2018
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George Brooks has been trying to reshape thinking about lactate—in the lab, the clinic and on the training field—for more than 40 years, and finally, it seems, people are listening. Lactate, it's becoming clear, is not ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 23, 2018
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An EU project developed innovative nanocatalysts to create an integrated modular and highly efficient process for producing fuels from renewable energy sources.
Materials Science
Apr 23, 2018
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Plants have become an unlikely subject of political debate. Many projections suggest that burning fossil fuels and the resulting climate change will make it harder to grow enough food for everyone in the coming decades. But ...
Ecology
Apr 20, 2018
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Fuel cells play a major role in creating a clean energy future, with a broad set of applications ranging from powering buildings to electrifying transportation. But, as with all emerging technologies, researchers have faced ...
Materials Science
Feb 15, 2018
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A Japanese scientist said Thursday his team has cracked open a method to improve the production of carbon-free energy—by using proteins taken from egg white.
Materials Science
Feb 15, 2018
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