Hamburg collaboration paves the way to cleaner technologies for industry
During the nearly five decades of its operation, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg has developed many fruitful ...
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Capturing wellhead gases for profit and a cleaner environment
Burning of natural gas at oil and gas wells, called flaring, is a major waste of fossil fuels and a ...
Breaking bad barriers through a molecular vacuum cleaner
A molecular vacuum cleaner Credit: RUB, Marquard A molecular vacuum cleaner Triglycerides are the form in which fat energy is ...
Cobalt-free battery for cleaner, greener power
High-capacity and reliable rechargeable batteries are a critical component of many devices and even modes of transport. They play a ...
Cleaner snow boosts future snowpack predictions
RICHLAND, Wash.—Less pollution settling into snow should help cut the decline of snowpack in the Northern Hemisphere later this century. ...
Cleaner air brings a wetter high mountain Asia
High Mountain Asia (HMA), encompassing the Tibetan Plateau and the surrounding Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalayan ranges, harbors the world's ...
Waterfleas hold key to cleaner environment and better human health
Tiny waterfleas could play a pivotal role in removing persistent chemical pollutants from wastewater – making it safe to use ...
Dry manufacturing process offers path to cleaner, more affordable high-energy EV batteries
The lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles are key to a clean energy economy. But their electrodes are usually ...
Cleaner air with a cold catalytic converter
The so-called three-way catalytic converter in the exhaust system of a car consists of expensive materials and only works correctly ...
Funding awarded to accelerate battery research, supporting ambitions of a cleaner, greener future
Birmingham researchers developing novel battery recycling techniques have been awarded funding by the Faraday Institution, as part of a £29m ...
Children’s lung capacity improved in cleaner air
As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, so has the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, a new ...
‘Antisocial’ damselfish are scaring off cleaner fish customers – and this could contribute to coral reef breakdown
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Credit: Katie Dunkley PRESS RELEASE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 ...
Add-on device makes home furnaces cleaner, safer and longer-lasting
Natural gas furnaces not only heat your home, they also produce a lot of pollution. Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. ...
Ceramics that breathe oxygen at lower temperatures help us breathe cleaner air
Although much of the discourse on reducing vehicle emissions centres on electric vehicles (EV), their sales remain low - with ...
Storing hydrogen fuel in salts — a step toward ‘cleaner’ energy production
Hydrogen gas could someday replace fossil fuels as a “clean” energy source, producing only water and energy. However, handling large ...
HPC helps identify new, cleaner source for white light
When early humans discovered how to harness fire, they were able to push back against the nightly darkness that enveloped ...
Sapphire fibre could enable cleaner energy and air-travel
University of Oxford press release Credit: Julian Fells/University of Oxford University of Oxford press release Oxford University researchers have developed ...
From the streets to the stratosphere: Clean driving technology enables cleaner rocket fuel
A chemical used in electric vehicle batteries could also give us carbon-free fuel for space flight, according to new UC ...
Common household cleaner can boost effort to harvest fusion energy on Earth
Scientists have found that adding a common household cleaning agent – the mineral boron contained in such cleaners as Borax ...
Despite cleaner air, pollution disparities for people of color remain across the US
Air pollution is linked to multiple health conditions, including heart disease, cancer and cognitive decline. These effects vary depending on ...