Category: INNOVATION

A new method to extract lithium from salty brines is more efficient and sustainable in its use of water, chemicals,[…]

The ALTIUS (Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated, Unmanned System) is a drone able to hunt hurricanes. Independent sensors allow it to process hundreds[…]

A new smart material adjusts its transparency with changes in temperature, outperforming similar materials as to durability, transparency, and responsiveness.[…]

Nearly 26% of the Earth’s beaches will wash away by this century’s end. Fortunately, a mild zap of electricity can[…]

A new method known as flash-within-flash Joule heating (FWF) could transform the synthesis of high-quality solid-state materials, offering a cleaner,[…]

An inexpensive novel membrane driven by a difference in humidity, grabs carbon dioxide out of air. It’s the first synthetic[…]

Commonly, machine or artificial intelligence (AI) processes transfer data between both logic (where information is processed within a system) and[…]

Methane is the second-largest contributor to climate warming after carbon dioxide, and one of the top sources is methane emissions[…]

Creating fertilizers from organic waste can help reduce fossil fuel consumption and promote sustainable production. Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), converts biomass[…]

A promising material for solar energy gets its boost from entropy, the outstanding performance partly achieved by a new class[…]