Category: INNOVATION

Flow batteries could store massive amounts of renewable electricity for the grid, but have a high cost and short life.[…]

A steel company, mining company and electricity producer partnership have succeeded in producing a form of iron using a nearly[…]

MIT researchers have developed a solar cell that can harness the sun, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. The so-called[…]

The process of turning sunlight directly into usable energy (photosynthesis) may become something we can mimic to harness the sun’s[…]

Photo: phosphonium salts Each metric ton of ammonia produced today contributes to roughly 1.9 metric tons of greenhouse emissions and[…]

Photo: Jose Lebron  LanzaTech, a Chicago-based company, produces next-generation climate friendly fuels by recycling waste industrial gases like those produced[…]

A new, low-pH system recycles more carbon into valuable products. The electrochemical reactor converts up to 70% of CO2 into[…]

Fruit and vegetable food scraps can be turned into materials stronger than concrete that’s usable in construction or packing with[…]

Partial photo: Junko Nakase 3D printing can be used to make a tough, sustainable material from algae that could be[…]

Use of zeolites (minerals containing mainly aluminum and silicon oxides) could help diminish the CO2 problem. Scientists have designed an[…]