Bio-based resin invented by Lithuanian researchers: A breakthrough in rapid prototyping
Lithuanian researchers from Kaunas University of Technology and Vilnius University synthesised and tested a bio-based resin for optical 3D printing; ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
Battery-free Game Boy runs forever
Button pressing and solar energy power the retro gaming deviceCredit: Northwestern University Researchers develop first-ever battery-free, energy-harvesting, interactive device Looking ...
Hunting for a better biofuel is scope of new UT Austin-led research
Credit: Robert Goodwin, Michigan State University AUSTIN, Texas -- A team of scientists from nine universities and research facilities hope ...
How microbes and dust travel from Africa to the Americas
Credit: Virginia Tech Each year, over 180 million tons of dust are swept up from the Sahara Desert, blown across ...
Red fox displaces Arctic fox thanks to littering
Trash draws scavengers to places they might not otherwise goCredit: NINA, game camera Animal species that are at home in ...
Idle threat
University of Utah engineers to design and test real-time air pollution warning system for school, hospital parking lotsCredit: Dan Hixson/University ...
NOAA/NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite shows two views of California’s smoky skies
Credit: NOAA/NASA NOAA/NASA's Suomi NPP satellite captured two images that tell the story about the smoke coming off the fires ...
Canada renews support for UN University Institute in Hamilton addressing world water issues: $10M
Research organization is at forefront of pressing global water challenges; New funding coincides with World Water Week and UN's 75th ...
NASA’s Terra Satellite reveals burn scars from California’s two largest fires
Credit: NASA On Aug. 26, 2020, NASA's Terra satellite was able to image the two areas in California where the ...
University of Sydney commits to climate action, sustainability
Ambitious targets to help change our worldCredit: University of Sydney The University of Sydney has announced it is committing to ...
Atmospheric scientists study fires to resolve ice question in climate models
Credit: Gregory Schill When fossil fuel or biomass burns, soot - also known as black carbon - fills the air. ...
NTU Singapore scientists use fruit peel to turn old batteries into new
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a novel method of using fruit ...
New device can measure toxic lead within minutes
Researchers create portable lab-on-a-chip that could detect many contaminantsCredit: Azam Gholizadeh Rutgers researchers have created a miniature device for measuring ...
Scientists create protein models to explore toxic methylmercury formation
Credit: Connor Cooper, Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. Dept. of Energy. A team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge ...
UBCO researcher uses computer modelling to predict reef health
'Virtual' coral reefs become diagnostic tool to help manage the planet's reefsCredit: Jean-Philippe Maréchal. A UBC Okanagan researcher has developed ...
NASA’s Terra Satellite shows smoky pall over most of California
Credit: NASA Worldview More than 650 wildfires are blazing in California after unprecedented lightning strikes, storms, and a heatwave that ...
Novel 3D-printed device demonstrates enhanced capture of carbon dioxide emissions
Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have ...
NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite highlights California wildfires at night
Credit: Credits: NOAA/NASA/William Straka U of W-Madison/CIMSS/SSEC Striking images of the California wildfires are seen in these nighttime satellite images ...
Nutrients make coral bleaching worse
Credit: Jess Bouwmeester A new study shows nutrients can aggravate the already negative effects of climate change on corals to ...
February lockdown in China caused a drop in some types of air pollution, but not others
Credit: Arend Kuester/Flickr Atmospheric scientists have analyzed how the February near-total shutdown of mobility affected the air over China. Results ...