Researchers have developed a process to remove contaminants from oil sands wastewater using only sunlight and nanoparticles that is more effective and inexpensive than conventional treatment... Read more
Researchers at BYU have devised a system to speed up the process of making life-saving vaccines for new viruses. Their concept is to create the biological machinery for vaccine production en... Read more
Want to know if a well is contaminated? Drop a pill in a vial of water and shake vigorously. If the colour changes, there’s the answer. Inspiration can come in many forms, but this one truly... Read more
A new catalytic converter that could cut fuel consumption and manufacturing costs has been designed by a scientist from Imperial College London. A catalytic converter is the component in a v... Read more
‘Smart’ holograms, which are currently being tested to monitor diabetes, and could be used to monitor a wide range of medical and environmental conditions in future, have been developed by r... Read more
A replacement for oil has become a burning need in the 21st century A replacement for oil has become a burning need in the 21st century, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu having made it... Read more
Unprecedented torrents of data flood out of research labs on a continual basis, but making sense of it all remains a major scientific bottleneck. How software is evolving to transform this d... Read more
Essential metal for planes, rockets, missiles and more A Case Western Reserve University proposal for a low-cost, energy-efficient method to extract the strategic metal titanium from ore has... Read more
Could lead to a 50 percent increase in the production of biofuels UCLA chemical engineering researchers have created a new synthetic metabolic pathway for breaking down glucose that could le... Read more
University of Adelaide researchers have developed a process for turning waste plastic bags into a high-tech nanomaterial. The innovative nanotechnology uses non-biodegradable plastic grocery... Read more
Proposed method could be more efficient than previous systems and easier to retrofit in existing power plants. Many researchers around the world are seeking ways to “scrub” carbon dioxide (C... Read more
Wouldn’t it be convenient if you could reverse the rusting of your car by shining a bright light on it? It turns out that this concept works for undoing oxidation on copper nanoparticl... Read more
A new method of harvesting the Sun’s energy is emerging, thanks to scientists at UC Santa Barbara‘s Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials. Though still in... Read more
This has created a powerful and cost-effective new tool to capture and store, or potentially recycle, carbon dioxide. Emissions from coal power stations could be drastically reduced by a new... Read more
“The new materials that could be generated by this exciting strategy could provide practical solutions to meet many of the energy targets set by the US Department of Energy” For the first ti... Read more
