The unending waste management challenge – are we at our wits’ end?
Waste management would need a radical change. It could be achieved through the application of knowledge management tools and approaches ...
Tag: Industrial Engineering/Chemistry
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UT’s Tony Schmitz elected to ASPE College of Fellows
Credit: Carlos Jones, Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. Dept. of Energy Tony Schmitz, joint faculty researcher in machining and machine tools ...
Idaho laboratory joins national research programs for making ‘green’ hydrogen
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Idaho National Laboratory is a member of two new Department of Energy research consortia charged with ...
Stress-free gel
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Researchers in the Institute of Industrial Science at ...
New findings pave the way to environmentally friendly supercapacitors
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Limited safety, sustainability and recyclability are key drawbacks of today's lithium-ion battery technology, along ...
Plant-based spray could be used in n95 masks and energy devices
Engineers invent way to spray extremely thin wires on 3D objectsCredit: Images: (left) Jonathan P. Singer; (right) Lin Lei Engineers ...
Story Tips: Remote population counting, slowing corrosion and turning down the heat
Credit: Adam Malin/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Census - Remote population counting Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists helped count the ...
Hydrogen embrittlement creates complications for clean energy storage, transportation
Methods reveal understanding of the location of hydrogen in ferritic steelsCredit: O. Sobol, G. Holzlechner, G. Nolze, T. Wirth, D. ...
Lighting the path to recycling carbon dioxide
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Semiconductive photocatalysts that efficiently absorb solar energy could help reduce the energy required to drive a ...
6,500-year-old copper workshop uncovered in the Negev Desert’s Beer Sheva
Tel Aviv University and Israel Antiquities Authority believe copper-producing technology was closely guarded secretCredit: Anat Rasiuk, Israel Antiquities Authority A ...
The best of both worlds: A new take on metal-plastic hybrid 3D printing
Scientists develop a novel and surprisingly simple method to print 3D structures made of metal and plastic, paving the way ...
Groundbreaking research into solar energy technology develops through new EU-project
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Johan Bodell/Chalmers University of Technology Over the last few years, a specially designed molecule and an energy system ...
Rise of the mutants: New uOttawa-led research to improve enzyme design methodologies
Credit: Rojo Rakotoharisoa A group of researchers at the University of Ottawa has been looking for ways to improve enzyme ...
Ecological power storage battery made of vanillin
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Researchers at TU Graz have found a way to convert the aromatic substance vanillin ...
Colloidal quantum dot light emitters go broadband in the infrared
Credit: ©ICFO Broadband light emission in the infrared has proven to be of paramount importance for a large range of ...
Scientists capture candid snapshots of electrons harvesting light at the atomic scale
Berkeley Lab scientists gain insight into charge generation induced by light; could enable the design of better solar fuels devicesCredit: ...
Intelligent camera technology to revolutionize plastics recycling
A new research project is aiming to develop a camera-based separation system that can separate plastic waste according to type. ...
UIC receives $8 million Army Research Laboratory grant for drone fuel sensor research
Sensors will enable unmanned aircraft systems to adapt to different fuel typesCredit: UIC/Jim Young The University of Illinois Chicago has ...
Scientists studied nanoparticles embedded in silver-ion-exchanged glasses
Researchers have registered the formation of silver nanoparticles in an ion-exchanged glass as a result of infrared laser irradiation.Credit: Peter ...
The key to lowering CO2 emissions is made of metal
Osaka City University discovers metal ions as key component in exploring the use of CO2 as a raw material through ...
