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22.04.202320.04.2023 Even as temperatures rise, this hydrogel material keeps absorbing moisture MIT engineers identified an unusually absorbent material that could be used for passive cooling or water [...]
22.04.202321.04.2023 Crisis in the cold Researchers formulate the “Berlin Statement” to protect polar regions from particularly persistent pollutants. The polar regions [...]
18.04.202318.04.2023 Façade panels as heat sources for heat pumps Heat pumps are currently seeing something of a boom in the heating technology market. However, not [...]
18.04.202317.04.2023 Researchers devise new system for turning seawater into hydrogen fuel The SLAC-Stanford team pulled hydrogen directly from ocean waters. Their work could help efforts to generate [...]
15.04.202315.04.2023 New technology advances solar-cell production A microwave technology invented at Macquarie University will improve the manufacture of solar cells and make [...]
10.04.202308.04.2023 Germany lost an average of 760 mio tons of water per year over the last two decades The last five years in Germany were characterised by massive summer droughts. A great deal of [...]
08.04.202308.04.2023 Newly published research finds global emissions of several banned ozone-destroying chemicals are increasing Dr Luke Western, Marie Curie Research Fellow in the School of Chemistry, was the lead author [...]
05.04.202301.04.2023 Deep ocean currents around Antarctica headed for collapse, study finds Antarctic circulation could slow by more than 40 per cent over the next three decades, with [...]
31.03.202330.03.2023 Recycling of Batteries: 70 Percent of Lithium Recovered Recovering up to 70 percent of lithium from battery waste without corrosive chemicals, high temperatures, and [...]
31.03.202330.03.2023 Microplastics change the intestinal flora of seabirds The more microplastics in the intestines of seabirds, the more the microbial diversity changes, with the [...]
25.03.202324.03.2023 New invention: The oxygen-ion battery A new type of battery has been invented at TU Wien (Vienna): The oxygen-ion battery can [...]
22.03.202321.03.2023 Synthesis gas and battery power from sunlight energy Plants use photosynthesis to harvest energy from sunlight. Now researchers at the Technical University of Munich [...]
18.03.202317.03.2023 PtL technology platform – DLR research addresses the industrial production of electricity-based fuels Electricity-based fuels – also referred to as e-fuels or power-to-liquid fuels – will be able to [...]
15.03.202313.03.2023 Without Changes, Global Food Systems May Drive World Beyond Climate Targets, Says Study Production of meat, dairy and rice are the leading sources of food-related emissions. Improved management practices [...]
11.03.202309.03.2023 A new approach to waste incineration removes CO2 from the atmosphere There are plans in Årdal to build a waste incineration plant based on a new technology [...]