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A Foam Bath for Ores

by Martin Grolms | Jul 11, 2019 | Environment, Manufacturing

A new EU project explores innovative technologies and concepts for recovering ultrafine particles of raw materials.

Enfranchising the Future: Climate Justice and the Representation of Future Generations

by WIREs Authors | Jul 10, 2019 | Environment, Sustainability

Today, the representation of future generations in climate policymaking is one of the most dynamic areas of democratic innovation.

Canada Creates Fuel from Air

by Martin Grolms | Jul 9, 2019 | Energy, Manufacturing

Canada invests in technologies that can help realize its economic and environmental goals, while providing low carbon fuels to consumers.

The Next Generation of Smart Windows Using Carbon Dots

by Victoria Corless | Jul 9, 2019 | Energy, Environment, Features, Manufacturing, Physics

A new nanofluid coating provides an opportunity to reduce energy waste in the next generation of smart windows.

Can Nature Save Humanity?

by Kieran Schlegel-O'Brien | Jul 8, 2019 | Environment, Intelligent Systems and Robotics, Life Science

Large-scale re-forestation can be a very effective means to decarbonize the future.

Challenges of Electrifying Heterogeneous Catalysis

by Geoffrey Ozin | Jul 5, 2019 | Energy, Environment

How feasible is hydrogen production using renewable sources of energy?

The Bonn-Fire of Responsibilities

by Kieran Schlegel-O'Brien | Jul 3, 2019 | Commentary, Energy, Environment, Features, Food and Water

Oil-rich countries force through compromise at UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, that many think falls short of acting on key conclusions from last year’s IPCC report.

Mechanical Strength in a Nutshell

by Marco Squillaci | Jun 27, 2019 | Biotechnology, Environment, Life Science, Micro-/Nanotechnology

A novel cell type with interlocked packing found to be responsible for the hardness of walnuts’ shell

Flexible 1D Composites for Energy Conversion and Water Splitting

by Martin Grolms | Jun 26, 2019 | Electronics, Energy, Micro-/Nanotechnology

Chemists have developed a hybrid semiconductor material for efficient and sustainable hydrogen production.

Crop Tolerance to Herbicides through Artificial Evolution

by Alison Liu | Jun 25, 2019 | Biotechnology, Food and Water, Life Science

The domestication of crops is a directed evolutionary process that has lasted for most of human history. It has allocated naturally occurring mutations that encode traits for higher production, better taste, and convenient cultivation. These traits can better manage...

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