Bath engineer wins national technology award
Credit: FDM Everywoman The annual national awards programme celebrates the most inspirational women working within STEM (science, technology, engineering and ...
Tag: Industrial Engineering/Chemistry
Exciting tweaks for organic solar cells
Molecular changes could improve the efficiency of next-generation photovoltaicsCredit: Illustration by Mindy Takamiya A molecular tweak has improved organic solar ...
Highly efficient batteries to keep electricity flowing when renewables cannot keep up
A new research project at Aarhus University, will develop highly efficient, but inexpensive, components in flow batteries; the aim is ...
Sulfonated chitosan studied as potential biodegradable corrosion inhibitor
Kazan University's research of methane hydrates continues in this paper in Carbohydrate PolymersCredit: Kazan Federal University Hydrate formation has long ...
A small step for atoms, a giant leap for microelectronics
Nature paper reports making and moving large-scale hexagonal boron nitrideCredit: TSMC/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 4, 2020) - Step by ...
Carbon dioxide as a raw material for the chemical industry
Seeking a climate-friendly and economically viable industrial conceptCredit: VTT VTT and its business partners have launched a two-year project to ...
Plastic from wood
X-ray analysis points the way to lignin-based components made to measureCredit: KTH Stockholm, Marcus Jawerth The biopolymer lignin is a ...
‘Smart water’ may aid oil recovery
Rice engineers survey crude variety to see how water can maximize reservoir productionCredit: Wenhua Guo/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 2, ...
Story Tips: Antidote chasing, traffic control and automatic modeling
Credit: Andrey Kovalevsky/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy Biochemistry - Chasing the antidote In the most comprehensive, structure-based ...
Understanding mechanics and materials though evolution and biomaterials
Scientists will present research on the mechanical and physical properties of skeletal evolution, biomaterials, and aging at the APS March ...
Scientists came up with nanoconcrete for casting under negative temperature conditions
Credit: Fons Heijnsbroek (@fonsheijnsbroek51), Unsplash Engineers from Far Eastern Federal University Military training center (FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia) together with colleagues ...
New state-of-the-MOF materials
Converting crystalline metal-organic frameworks into glass or liquid could give them unique properties and lead to the design of new ...
New ecological process for producing cheaper biofuel
Canadian researchers make biodiesel from sewage sludge and glycerolCredit: INRS Professors Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi and Patrick Drogui, researchers at the ...
New method converts carbon dioxide to methane at low temperatures
Credit: Sekine Laboratory, Waseda University A new method developed by a team of Waseda University scientists led by Professor Yasushi ...
Metal-organic frameworks can separate gases despite the presence of water
Credit: Vervoorts P. et al., ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Jan. 27, 2020 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for ...
UTA researcher investigating policies to improve rural and urban sustainability
Making cities more sustainableCredit: UT Arlington Large cities require massive amounts of energy, food and water resources that cannot be ...
Chemists learn how to detect phenols in smoked food samples using vitamin B4
This method can be used in analytical laboratories at factoriesCredit: SPbU Today, phenols are used to produce medicines, paints, and ...
Motley crew: Rust and light a possible answer to the conundrum of hydrogen fuel production
Scientists identify a new and efficient way of producing hydrogen from organic waste solution using a catalyst derived from -- ...
MOF co-catalyst allows selectivity of branched aldehydes of up to 90%
Approach represents a powerful tool for designing selective catalytic heterogeneous processesCredit: @PSI Efforts to develop heterogeneous catalysts that appeal to ...
Lights, camera, action… the super-fast world of droplet dynamics
Credit: University of Leeds Cameras shooting up to 25,000 frames a second have been used to capture the moment two ...
