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I spot brand new TVs, here to be shredded’: the truth about our electronic waste
In a giant factory in California, thousands of screens, PCs and other old or unwanted gadgets are picked apart for...
From Forgotten Formula to Climate Game Changer: A New Tool for Converting Carbon Dioxide
Scientists from Cornell University have revisited a century-old electrochemical equation, the Cottrell equation, to aid in the conversion of atmospheric carbon dioxide...
Water molecules define the materials around us
For decades, the fields of physics and chemistry have maintained that the atoms and molecules that make up the natural...
Reusable packaging revolution is close
A detailed plan to transform product packaging and significantly cut plastic production and pollution has been developed by researchers The...
Greenhouse gas emissions at ‘an all-time high’ and it is causing an unprecedented rate of global warming, say scientists
Human-caused global warming has continued to increase at an "unprecedented rate" since the last major assessment of the climate system...
Record 19.31% efficiency with organic solar cells
Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have achieved a breakthrough power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.31% with organic solar...
Researchers examine cooling power plants with brackish groundwater
A new analysis led by a University of Wyoming researcher shows that brackish or salty groundwater has the potential to...
Engineers harvest abundant clean energy from thin air, 24/7
A team of engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently shown that nearly any material can be turned...
Scientists reveal breakthrough that could lead to cleaner hydrogen energy
Chemists at the University of Kansas and U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have taken a big step toward...
Bacteria: Radioactive elements replace essential rare earth metals
A team led by LMU chemist Lena Daumann has demonstrated for the first time that bacteria can use certain radioactive...