Purple bacteria 'batteries' turn sewage into clean energy
You've flushed something valuable down the toilet today.
Nov 13, 2018
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Engineering
World's first LED lights developed from rice husks
Milling rice to separate the grain from the husks produces about 100 million tons of rice husk waste globally each year. Scientists searching for a scalable method to fabricate quantum dots have developed a way to recycle ...
Apr 12, 2022
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How metal-organic frameworks could help realize a carbon-neutral energy cycle
(TechXplore)—Concerns over climate change have prompted researchers to search for alternative energy sources to fossil fuels. Fossil fuels produce CO2, a greenhouse gas, but our reliance on fossil fuels will likely continue ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Toward manufacturing semitransparent solar cells the size of windows
In an important step toward bringing transparent solar cells to home windows, researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a way to manufacture their highly efficient and semitransparent solar cells.
Jul 19, 2022
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Harnessing sunlight to pull hydrogen from wastewater
Hydrogen is a critical component in the manufacture of thousands of common products from plastic to fertilizers, but producing pure hydrogen is expensive and energy intensive. Now, a research team at Princeton University ...
Apr 29, 2019
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World's first hydrogen-powered commercial ferry to run on San Francisco Bay, and it's free to ride
The world's first hydrogen-powered commercial passenger ferry will start operating on San Francisco Bay as part of plans to phase out diesel-powered vessels and reduce planet-warming carbon emissions, California officials ...
Jul 13, 2024
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Ammonia as a carbon-free hydrogen carrier for fuel cells: A perspective
Due to the environmental and energy problems caused by fossil fuels, the search for alternative clean and renewable energy solutions has never been more urgent. Among these, hydrogen (H2) is emerging as a leading contender ...
Aug 8, 2023
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Organic electronics: Sustainability during the entire lifecycle
Organic electronics can make a decisive contribution to decarbonization and, at the same time, help to cut the consumption of rare and valuable raw materials. To do so, it is not only necessary to further develop manufacturing ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Optimized combination could enable low-cost mass production of solid electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries
Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), a pioneering research institute for all-solid-state (sulfide-based) batteries that are free of fire and explosion hazards, has recently developed a novel technology that ...
Jun 19, 2023
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Business
Flying green will be more expensive
Under huge pressure to go green, the aviation industry needs to spend billions of dollars to become more climate-friendly in what risks ramping up fares and making air travel the preserve of the rich once again.
Oct 22, 2021
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