MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
The process could work on the gas at any concentrations, from power plant emissions to open airCredit: Sahag Voskian and ...
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Can solar technology kill cancer cells?
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - Scientific breakthroughs don't always happen in labs. For Sophia and Richard ...
SwRI concept wins NREL energy storage prize
Approach aims to lower costs, construction time for building pumped storage reservoir damsCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. ...
Lead isotopes a new tool for tracking coal ash
Tracer will help scientists monitor exposure risks of people near coal ash ponds and landfills or sites where ash is ...
Replacing coal with gas or renewables saves billions of gallons of water
Switch to natural gas would save 12,000 billion gallons a year by 2030; switching to solar or wind power would ...
Stanford researchers create new catalyst that can turn carbon dioxide into fuels
Credit: Mark Golden Imagine grabbing carbon dioxide from car exhaust pipes and other sources and turning this main greenhouse gas ...
It’s electric: WVU breaks new ground in developing transportable, carbon-neutral energy source
Credit: Paige Nesbit/West Virginia University Electricity is something we rarely think about -- we expect it to be there, flowing ...
Atmospheric pressure impacts greenhouse gas emissions from leaky oil and gas wells
Credit: Aaron Cahill Fluctuations in atmospheric pressure can heavily influence how much natural gas leaks from wells below the ground ...
New catalyst would boost biomass conversion to fuels, chemicals
Cerium oxide catalyst will remove oxygen, reduce processing requirementsCredit: University of Houston Efforts to use biomass, including wood and agricultural ...
Two Harvard researchers receive the 2019 Eni Award, the ‘Nobel Prize in Energy’
Their invention could help the energy industry prioritize renewable sources like solar and windCredit: Image courtesy of Roy Gordon On ...
Distribution of highly radioactive microparticles in Fukushima revealed
Distribution and origin of highly radioactive microparticles in Fukushima revealedCredit: Satoshi Utsunomiya New method allows scientists to create a quantitative ...
American Indian Science and Engineering Society recognizes early-career Sandia engineer
Award will be presented in mid-October at society's annual conferenceCredit: Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Geoscience engineer Dylan Moriarty has ...
FSU research: Strong storms generating earthquake-like seismic activity
Credit: Bruce Palmer/FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida State University researcher has uncovered a new geophysical phenomenon where ...
How preprocessing methods affect the conversion efficiency of biomass energy production
Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. ¬- Research on energy production from biomass usually focuses on the ...
Prospecting for gold just got a lot easier
Credit: University of South Australia Looking for gold? Every good explorer knows there's no silver bullet in finding an ore ...
BTI researchers unlocking hornworts’ secrets
Figuring out the genetic underpinnings of hornworts' weird biology could help researchers boost agricultural output, use less fertilizer, and gain ...
China is on track to meet its ultra-low emissions goals for 2020
Credit: Ling Tang, Beijing University of Chemical Technology and Beihang University; Jiabao Qu, Ministry of Environmental Protection and HeBei University ...
New photovoltaic research partnership spans countries, disciplines
USA, Ireland and Northern Ireland to shine new light on solar technologiesCredit: Marco-Alexis Chaira, Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, Oct. ...
Combustion behavior of aromatics may provide keys to enhancing heavy oil extraction
Kazan University's In-Situ Combustion Lab continues its inquiries in Journal of Industrial and Engineering ChemistryCredit: Kazan Federal University The problem ...
NUS SDE4 receives international recognition for building designed to improve health and wellness
The state-of-the-art net-zero energy building is the first university building in the world to be WELL Certified™ Gold, and the ...