Driven by the need to find ways of separating, recycling and reducing nuclear waste, chemists at The University of Nottingham are developing our understanding of how uranium interacts with elements from around the periodic ...
Materials Science
Jun 16, 2015
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Human waste may have a new use: sending NASA spacecraft from the moon back to Earth.
Materials Science
Nov 26, 2014
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A new type of nanoscale molecular trap makes it possible for industry to store large amounts of hydrogen in small fuel cells or capture, compact and remove volatile radioactive gas from spent nuclear fuel in an affordable, ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 1, 2012
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Some of the planet's tiniest inhabitants may help address two of society's biggest environmental challenges: how to deal with the vast quantities of organic waste produced and where to find clean, renewable energy.
Materials Science
Jul 10, 2012
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All of us use water and in the process, a lot of it goes to waste. Whether it goes down drains, sewers or toilets, much of it ends up at a wastewater treatment plant where it undergoes rigorous cleaning before it flows back ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 22, 2011
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Leaves, grass, horse manure. These have been Mike Bacon's primary ingredients, until now.
Environment
Apr 11, 2011
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Paul Montgomery, a graduate student at Pennsylvania State University, is helping design a better cook stove for people in developing countries.
General Physics
Nov 9, 2010
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A Nevada energy developer says it has developed an environmentally clean way of using animal waste from chicken farms across the state to light up homes and offices. Green Energy Solutions wants to convert the bird droppings ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 26, 2009
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A discovery by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) could contribute to the development of systems that use domestic or agricultural waste to generate clean electricity.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 14, 2009
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Scientists in California are reporting use of a first-of-its-kind approach to craft genetically engineered microbes with the much-sought ability to transform switchgrass, corn cobs, and other organic materials into methyl ...
Biochemistry
May 7, 2009
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