Researchers use hot water and pressure to circumvent the need to use toxic chemicals in the production of organic plastics.
Catalyst enables reactions with the help of green light
Chemists from the University of Bonn and the USA use inexpensive and non-hazardous titanium to replace expensive and toxic catalysts.
Earth Day turns 50
This year, April 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a grassroots idea from the 1970s that became a global movement.
Affordable seismic dampers for residential and commercial buildings
Novel graphene‐reinforced elastomeric isolators are a viable, low‐cost alternative to reinforce buildings against earthquake damage.
A high-capacity battery material developed from salmon DNA
A Korean research team has succeeded in developing next-generation high-capacity cathode material for lithium-ion batteries using DNA from salmon and carbon nanotubes.
A new technique to enhance the catalysis of nobel metal aerogels
A new salting-agent facilitates the synthesis of new nobel metal aerogels for enhanced electrocatalysts.
Tackling the cooling challenge with a chiller efficiency policy in India
Demand for chillers to cool spaces like airports and shopping malls is expected to grow dramatically over the next three decades.
Cold War nuclear bomb tests reveal true age of whale sharks
The radioactive legacy of the arms race solves a mystery about the world’s largest fish.
Turning waste heat from solar panels into a water distillation process
Photovoltaic-membrane distillation turns waste heat from solar panels into a power source to drive an efficient water distillation process.
Climate policy analysis needs agent-based modeling
Effective climate mitigation policies can be realized with the help of agent-based models.