Critical issues need to be addressed in the development of an economic biomass refinery in ILs media, which requires sustained effort of scientists and researchers to achieve a more sustainable society.
Earth and environment
Implications of Climate Change for Shipping: Opening the Arctic Seas
How can sustainable Arctic navigation be developed?
Hypothesis Testing in Hydrology: Why Falsification of Models is Still a Great Idea
If we consider models as hypotheses about how the hydrology is working, then testing models as hypotheses is one way of doing science in the inexact sciences.
“Golden Age” of Molecular Microbiology: Understanding Freshwater Microbial Communities
In the “golden age” of molecular microbiology, modern molecular tools enable researchers to understand freshwater microbial communities in unprecedented detail by identifying and enumerating them, as well as determining their activity in the environment.
Tackling Mosquitos Using Protease Inhibitors
Preventing disease by targeting new approaches for mosquito control
Fully Solution-Processed Solar Cells
One of the most promising next-generation photovoltaic technologies is the Organo–lead halide perovskite solar cells. These solar cells have reached very high power conversion efficiencies (PCE) of more than 22% and in addition, their semiconducting perovskite layer...
![Thermoelectric Material for Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation [Video]](https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/aenm201701430_ASN_image.png)
Thermoelectric Material for Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation [Video]
Researchers from Cranfield University and Queen Mary University of London report the use of a thermoelectric material as a catalyst support and promotor for carbon dioxide hydrogenation. Using a specially designed reactor chamber, they achieve simultaneous thermoelectric energy harvesting and catalysis.
A Salt Water Battery
Inexpensive and stable: Water could form the basis for future particularly inexpensive rechargeable batteries.
Cheers: Scientists Turn Beer into Fuel
Chemists at the University of Bristol have made the first steps towards making sustainable petrol using beer as a key ingredient.
Leveraging the Full Potential of Abundant Iron Catalysts
Improved control over synthesis process of iron catalysts leads to significantly increased number of reactive sites.
Popular
-
French WEST reactor breaks record in nuclear fusion
-
New theory suggests gravity is not a fundamental force
-
Quantum entanglement visualized for the first time ever
-
An anti-inflammatory peptide may hold the key to low-back pain relief
-
“Cosmic vine” discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope
-
The Road to Better Presentation of Data: The Do’s and Don’ts
-
Could a nuclear explosion set Earth’s atmosphere on fire?
-
The dramatic story behind general relativity’s Nobel Prize snub
-
Calculating the true environmental costs of AI
-
Ibuprofen’s effect on red blood cells: A prickly affair