In the present world energy transformation paradigm, hydrogen is making inroads. As seen by current global political and economic plans, which support carbon neutrality by 2030 and a rapid transition to clean energy, the...
By Akhlaqul Karomah
19 Nov 2021
Soft actuators have become a particular focus in the field of robotics. To investigate and consider the current state of the field of soft actuators, a review has been published in Nature Reviews Materials.
By Reginald Davey
19 Nov 2021
Utilizing textile waste can help facilitate the production of sustainable products that reduce environmental pollution. To this end, a paper published in Construction and Building Materials has presented a technique to r...
By Reginald Davey
19 Nov 2021
Plastic pollution is a key environmental issue facing humankind, and current recycling strategies are falling far short of where they should be. To create a truly sustainable alternative, researchers writing in the Journ...
By Reginald Davey
19 Nov 2021
Immense interest has been gained by flexible solar cells due to their excellent properties of lightweight, portability, and flexibility. Such features provide a guarantee for applications in areas such as wearable power sources, aerospace, and building-integrated photovoltaics.
A novel study in the journal Science of the Total Environment focuses on strategies and viable methods to recycle used/spent graphite from lithium-ion batteries.
By Ibtisam Abbasi
19 Nov 2021
The novel study in Construction and Building Materials focuses on a combination of a foam drying process with the process of carbonation stabilization to recycle dredged material for usage.
By Ibtisam Abbasi
19 Nov 2021
Broad-based scientific team from government, academia and industry joins forces to identify new opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of polyurethane -; one of the most widely used but little recycled plastic materials.
Safe, cheap and sustainable technology for energy storage has been developed at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University. It is based on two major breakthroughs: the manufacture of wood-based electrodes in rolled form, and a new type of water-based electrolyte.
Could a tank of ice or hot water be a battery- Yes! If a battery is a device for storing energy, then storing hot or cold water to power a building's heating or air-conditioning system is a different type of energy storage.
In recent years 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has established itself as a promising new manufacturing process for a wide variety of components.
Silicon carbide (SiC) unipolar semiconductors are in wide commercial use, but their operations are limited by a trade-off relationship between breakdown voltage and specific resistance of the drift layer, or specific on-resistance.
Metrohm is excited to announce the opening of a new office in New Jersey. The new facility will house development, production and manufacturing space for Metrohm Group companies Innovative Photonic Solutions and B&W ...
Although it is compelling to recycle carbon dioxide (CO2) particularly via conversion to methane (CH4), anthropogenic CO2 emissions are still increasing.
Inspired by one of humankind’s oldest and most useful innovations, the common ladder, Germany-based researchers at the University of Bonn and Regensburg have developed a novel method for transferring energy across a highly conjugated ladder of polymers.
By David J. Cross
18 Nov 2021