Cheap charcoal air filters offer improvements to in-vehicle air quality
A cheap charcoal air filter can reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) inside vehicles by as much as 90%, compared to levels outside the vehicle.
Mar 6, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Science of the Total Environment
The journal is an international medium for publication of original research on the total environment with emphasis on changescaused by human activities. It is concerned with changes in the natural levels and distribution of chemical elements and theircompounds that may affect the well-being of the living world, or represent a threat to human health. Papers in applied environmentalchemistry and environmental health sciences are encouraged. Any changes in the landscape and total environmentcaused by man's activities are suitable topics. The scope is multidisciplinary and international.
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Website
- http://www.journals.elsevier.com/science-of-the-total-environment/
Energy & Green Tech
Study proposes profitable ways to repurpose industrial waste
There is money to be made—and potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—by finding a second life for the potato peels, fried dough particles, cheese whey and other industrial food-processing waste products that routinely ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Automotive
First integrated measurement of exhaust and non-exhaust particulate matter emissions of vehicles
The world's first attempt to measure particulate matter (PM) emissions generated by not only engine combustion but also the wearing down of brakes and tires is complete.
Oct 11, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Rooftop solar cells can be a boon for water conservation too
Electricity-generating rooftop solar cells not only save on planet-warming carbon emissions, they also save a significant amount of water, say a pair of Duke University researchers who have done the math.
Sep 21, 2022
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Engineering
PPE can be recycled to make stronger concrete
Engineers at RMIT University have developed a method to use disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) to make concrete stronger, providing an innovative way to significantly reduce pandemic-generated waste.
Aug 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Hydropeaking: Norwegian rivers need to be better protected from hydropower plants
"Why do we allow hydropower plants with outlets into rivers to operate with rapid water level changes when Norway has plenty of power plant outlets that flow into the sea?" asks NTNU researcher Jo Hallvard Halleraker.
Jun 28, 2022
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Engineering
Engineer develops tool to predict oxygen levels in water
Plants and animals on land aren't the only organisms that need oxygen to survive. Underwater aquatic life also requires dissolved oxygen to live and prosper.
Mar 9, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
New highly radioactive particles found in Fukushima
The 10 year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident occurs in March. Work just published in the Journal Science of the Total Environment documents new, large (> 300 micrometers), highly radioactive particles ...
Feb 17, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Renewable energy heat system to reduce industrial gas use by up to 80 percent
Australia is currently considering a range of options to stimulate post-COVID economic recovery, including weighing the relative value of increased investment in gas infrastructure against the benefits of expanded renewable ...
Aug 27, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Particulate plutonium released from the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns
Small amounts of plutonium (Pu) were released from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) reactors into the environment during the site's 2011 nuclear disaster. However, the physical, chemical, and isotopic ...
Jul 14, 2020
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