Category: INNOVATION

By 2050, hydrofluorocarbon emissions might account for up to 20% of CO2 equivalent emissions due to the world’s rapidly growing[…]

A solar-powered reactor has been developed that can convert both captured CO2 and waste plastic into useful chemical products simultaneously.[…]

A simple one-step treatment changes the nanostructure of wood, boosting the electricity it produces when wet wood can conduct electricity[…]

A new aqueous air battery system uses low-cost iron, water and air–some of the safest, cheapest, and most abundant materials.[…]

Ammonia removed from sewage could be repurposed as a revolutionary green fertilizer, producing 5 to 10 times less greenhouse gas[…]

Durable, flexible solar cells, much thinner than a human hair, are glued to a strong, lightweight fabric, making them easy[…]

Photo: phytoplankton Iron-based fertilizer, engineered into nanoparticles, could effectively help store excess carbon dioxide in the ocean. Adding specific combinations[…]

A new technique converts waste paper, from single-use packaging and bags, and cardboard boxes, into a crucial component of lithium-ion[…]

Photo: limestone Global cement production accounts for 7% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in large part through burning of quarried[…]

In densely populated buildings, CO2 emissions from human respiration is surprisingly high, and growing rooftop spinach in CO2 recycled from[…]