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Newswise: Discarded Nut Shells Transformed into Eco-Friendly Ship Fuel
Released: 20-Nov-2024 9:00 AM EST
Discarded Nut Shells Transformed into Eco-Friendly Ship Fuel
National Research Council of Science and Technology

A research team led by Dr. Choi, Young-chan from the Clean Air Research Laboratory at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully converted cashew nut shells, discarded during cashew nut food product manufacturing, into an eco-friendly biofuel.

Newswise: New Program Aims to BRIDGE Gap in Solar
Released: 18-Nov-2024 8:55 AM EST
New Program Aims to BRIDGE Gap in Solar
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Labs and Red Cloud Renewable are teaming up to train Native American women in photovoltaic panel installation.

Released: 14-Nov-2024 12:00 PM EST
Novel Electro-Biodiesel a More Efficient, Cleaner Alternative to Existing Alternatives
Washington University in St. Louis

Joshua Yuan, Susie Dai and colleagues at Washington University and Texas A&M create biodiesel with electrocatalysis and bioconversion.

Newswise: KRICT Sets New World Record for Large-Area Perovskite Solar Cells, Accelerating Commercialization
Released: 14-Nov-2024 12:00 AM EST
KRICT Sets New World Record for Large-Area Perovskite Solar Cells, Accelerating Commercialization
National Research Council of Science and Technology

KRICT sets a new world record for large-area perovskite solar module efficiency and accelerates commercialization

Newswise: Seiber Elevated to IEEE Senior Member
Released: 11-Nov-2024 3:25 PM EST
Seiber Elevated to IEEE Senior Member
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Larry Seiber, an R&D staff member in the Vehicle Power Electronics group at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elevated to senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE.

Newswise: Smart Surveillance System Revolutionizes Tomato Plant Monitoring with High-Speed Disease Detection and Fruit Counting
Released: 9-Nov-2024 10:50 AM EST
Smart Surveillance System Revolutionizes Tomato Plant Monitoring with High-Speed Disease Detection and Fruit Counting
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A research team has developed an advanced smart surveillance system that leverages deep learning and autonomous robotics to monitor tomato plant growth in greenhouses.

Released: 8-Oct-2024 2:30 PM EDT
NAU Scientist Raises Questions About Al Gore-Founded Global Climate Pollution Database
Northern Arizona University

Kevin Gurney, a professor from NAU’s School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, found that a global database co-founded by Gore was underestimating greenhouse gas emissions at power plants by an average of 50%.

Newswise: ASU-Led Initiative Announces First Decarbonization Projects for US Industry
Released: 8-Oct-2024 1:05 PM EDT
ASU-Led Initiative Announces First Decarbonization Projects for US Industry
Arizona State University (ASU)

Today, Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon, or EPIXC, took its first steps toward that ambitious goal and announced its first volley of efforts targeting industrial greenhouse gas emissions.

Newswise: Revealing Rare-Earth Elements with Microscopy
2-Oct-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Revealing Rare-Earth Elements with Microscopy
Case Western Reserve University

Scientists at Case Western Reserve University hope to completely upend the process of refining these minerals, which are necessary in hundreds of high-tech applications, including cell phones, computer hard drives and medications.

Newswise: Seeds of Innovation: Targeted Gene Mutations Boost Crop Hybridization
Released: 19-Sep-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Seeds of Innovation: Targeted Gene Mutations Boost Crop Hybridization
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking two-line system that uses CRISPR/Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat) technology to control pollination in rapeseed by targeting the Oxophytodienoic acid reductase 3 (OPR3) gene. This innovation offers a more stable and efficient approach to hybrid breeding, bypassing the environmental vulnerabilities of traditional methods and promising higher crop yields and enhanced agricultural productivity.

Released: 13-Sep-2024 2:05 AM EDT
Novel manufacturing process for high-performance lithium-metal battery
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

The Horizon 2020 SOLiDIFY consortium, comprised of 14 European partners, has developed a high-performance lithium-metal solid-state battery. The manufacturing process, which is both cost-effective and adaptable to existing production lines, paves the way for commercially viable solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electromobility.

Newswise: New Study Reveals Food Waste Bans Ineffective in Reducing Landfill Waste, Except in Massachusetts
Released: 12-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
New Study Reveals Food Waste Bans Ineffective in Reducing Landfill Waste, Except in Massachusetts
University of California San Diego

Of the first five U.S. states to implement food waste bans, only Massachusetts was successful at diverting waste away from landfills and incinerators, according to a new study from the University of California Rady School of Management.

Newswise: Notre Dame researchers create new tool to analyze embodied carbon in more than 1 million buildings in Chicago
Released: 4-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Notre Dame researchers create new tool to analyze embodied carbon in more than 1 million buildings in Chicago
University of Notre Dame

The impact of embodied carbon in the built environment has been difficult to assess, due to a lack of data. To address that knowledge gap, Ming Hu, the associate dean for research, scholarship and creative work in Notre Dame's School of Architecture, and Siavash Ghorbany, a Notre Dame graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, have created a new tool to analyze the embodied carbon in more than 1 million buildings in Chicago. Their recently published research identifies 157 different architectural housing types in the city and provides the first ever visual analysis tool to evaluate embodied carbon at a granular level and to help inform policymakers seeking to strategically plan for urban carbon mitigation.

Newswise: Defect engineering leads to designer catalyst for production of green hydrogen
Released: 7-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Defect engineering leads to designer catalyst for production of green hydrogen
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

Efficient technology for splitting the hydrogen-oxygen bond in water could be the key to producing low-cost, green hydrogen for energy storage at an industrial scale. Green hydrogen is expected to play a significant role in achieving the target of net zero carbon dioxide emissions. In a new study, an interdisciplinary group of researchers have identified a way to use “defect engineering” to significantly boost catalytic efficiency, taking science one step closer to sustainable, green hydrogen production.

Newswise: Zero Emissions of Carbon Dioxide! Successful Production of Ammonia-based Clean Hydrogen
Released: 29-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Zero Emissions of Carbon Dioxide! Successful Production of Ammonia-based Clean Hydrogen
National Research Council of Science and Technology

Dr. Jung Unho's research team at the Hydrogen Research Department of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has developed Korea's first clean hydrogen production technology.

Newswise: U.S. Department of Energy awards Argonne National Laboratory $4 million for energy-efficient microchip research
Released: 23-Feb-2024 9:05 AM EST
U.S. Department of Energy awards Argonne National Laboratory $4 million for energy-efficient microchip research
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne awarded $4 million to research new materials to develop energy-efficient microchips.

Released: 20-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Media Tip: An ingredient in toothpaste may make electric cars go farther
Argonne National Laboratory

An ingredient in many toothpastes is sodium fluoride, a compound of fluorine. It is added to protect teeth against decay. But compounds containing fluorine have other practical uses that might surprise you. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory scientists have discovered a fluoride electrolyte that could protect a next generation battery against performance decline.



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