Fuel cells for hydrogen vehicles are becoming longer lasting
An international research team led by the University of Bern has succeeded in developing an electrocatalyst [...]
Month: August 2020
Wireless device makes clean fuel from sunlight, CO2 and water
Researchers have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into a carbon-neutral [...]
Thin-skinned solar panels printed with inkjet
Efficient, yet exceptionally light organic solar cells created entirely by inkjet printing. KAUST | Anastasia Serin [...]
Scientists demand stricter combined policy measures to mitigate CO2 from road transport
Despite new technologies and national and international target-setting, the global emissions of CO2 from road transport [...]
Climate change and land use are accelerating soil erosion by water
Soil loss due to water runoff could increase greatly around the world over the next 50 [...]
China to account for over 25% global offshore wind power capacity by 2030, says GlobalData
The global offshore wind segment is likely to grow seven folds by 2030 mainly driven by [...]
Researchers Design Efficient Low-Cost System for Producing Power at Night
Rooftop radiative cooling system could provide lighting power when solar energy is unavailable Researchers have designed [...]
Australia is headed towards achieving the fastest energy transition to renewable sources in the world
Australia to see fastest energy transition in the world due to sizeable renewable project pipeline and [...]
New Study: Women in Community Energy
Existing studies indicate that women are very active in the environmental and climate movement, but that [...]
How the EU can achieve a climate target of -55% by 2030
In a new study, Agora Energiewende presents recommendations for the German Presidency of the EU Council. [...]
Micro- and nanoplastics detectable in human tissues
The researchers involved with the work highlighted in this release analyzed 47 human tissue samples by [...]
New kind of interaction discovered in hydrogen-producing enzymes
In hydrogenase enzymes, the transports of protons and electrons have been considered to be separate events [...]
Anthropogenic CO₂ increase is unprecedented
Even in earlier warm periods there were pulse-like releases of CO₂ to the atmosphere. Today’s anthropogenic [...]
Earth congestion day moves three weeks behind due to corona crisis
Earth Overshoot Day 2020 lands on August 22, more than three weeks later than in 2019, [...]
Urban solar energy: Solar panels for windows hit record 8% efficiency
Transparent solar panels on windows could take a bite out of a building’s electricity needs. In [...]
Heating our climate damages our economies – study reveals greater costs than expected
Rising temperatures due to our greenhouse gas emissions can cause greater damages to our economies than [...]