Industrial Engineering/Chemistry

Balancing supply and demand in the electricity marketCredit: UT Arlington Texas has emerged as a leader in alternative energy sources, such as solar and wind. As the state moves toward a "smart grid" delivery system, the…

Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Xavier Pita The use of tethered unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) has been modeled as a powerful new tool for improving cellular phone and internet networks. When employed as flying base stations with a…

A chemical engineering professor at Virginia Tech has developed a surface coating that, when painted on common objects, inactivates SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Door knobs, light switches, shopping carts. Fear runs rampant…

Credit: Tokyo Tech Ammonia (NH3) is one of the most commonly produced chemicals worldwide, because of its use as an important ingredient in a broad range of industrial manufacturing processes. For instance, it is pivotal in the…

Credit: Credit: Sydney Niles TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A dramatic oil spill, such as the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico a decade ago, can dominate headlines for months while scientists, policymakers and the…

Scientists discover a novel "ester dance reaction" that can pave the way for various developments in organic chemistryCredit: Junichiro Yamaguchi (Waseda University) Aromatic esters are chemicals that contain an aromatic ring…

Rice University scientists stick to their laser guns to improve lithium metal technologyCredit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 14, 2020) - Where things get sticky happens to be where interesting science happens in a Rice…

Use of existing industry method brings perovskites a step closer to market adoptionCredit: NTU Singapore A team of researchers at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has created a perovskite…

Credit: Wenjie Li MADISON, Wis. -- Chemists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their collaborators have created a highly efficient and long-lasting solar flow battery, a way to generate, store and redeliver renewable…

Collaborations will develop best practices for sustainable mine waste management Colorado State University's Civil and Environmental Engineering Department has entered two new partnerships to prevent mine waste disasters. CSU, Colorado…

Credit: Schneebeli Lab/UVM A team of scientists at the University of Vermont have invented a new tool--they call it a "nanocage"--that can catch and straighten out molecule-sized tangles of polymers. Once a knotty polymer…

Credit: M. Bargheer/ Uni Potsdam In thermal equilibrium, iron-platinum (FePt) belongs to the class of invar materials, which hardly expand at all when heated. This phenomenon was observed as early as 1897 in the nickel-iron alloy…

A new device that can reduce the intensity of sound passing through open windows is presented in a proof-of-principle study in Scientific Reports. It fits into a two-panel sliding window and can decrease the perceived loudness of urban…

Credit: Skoltech Skoltech scientists in collaboration with researchers from the University of Stuttgart showed that the concentration of short-lived ions (H3O+ and OH-) in pure liquid water is much higher than that assumed to…

A team at the INRS tested an advanced electro-oxidation processCredit: Jean-Daniel Bourgault (INRS) Pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and endocrine disruptors are some of the emerging contaminants often found in treated…

University of Liverpool researchers build intelligent mobile robot scientist that can solve a range of research problems and has already discovered a new catalystCredit: Dr Benjamin Burger Researchers at the University of Liverpool…

George Freeman MP, former Minister of Life Sciences, will join panel debate with leading experts from Manchester Institute of Biotechnology Biotechnology's game-changing role as a catalyst to reboot the economy and build a more sustainable…

Key step towards cheaper and more effective solar energyCredit: SPECIFIC/Swansea University A new study reports the highest efficiency ever recorded for full roll-to-roll printed perovskite solar cells (PSCs), marking a key…