Dehumidifiers with enhanced polyimide membranes (white disc) will be energy efficient with a smaller carbon footprint. Credit: Dharmesh Patel/Texas A&M Engineering Texas A&M researchers have…
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Plastics are one of the world’s largest polluters, taking hundreds of years to degrade in nature. A research team, led by YSE professor Yuan Yao…
The upper part shows a cold spray copper coating, with very visible vortex-like structures twirling around an aluminum substrate in the bottom part (EBSD image).…
Illinois researchers are part of multi-institutional team that found that solvents spontaneously react with metal nanoparticles to form reactive complexes that can improve catalyst performance…
A chemical-looping version of the reverse water-gas shift reaction (RWGS-CL) can help convert CO2 to CO at much lower temperatures without undesirable byproducts, enabling a…
The lead groups from Cornell University, Oregon State University and Argonne National Laboratory employ a set of advanced characterization tools to study the atomic structure…
Carbon spheres — microscope images. A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres, which are a vital component for carbon capture technology…
NTU Prof Raju holding and bending two pieces of wood bonded in the middle by the magnetocuring glue, to demonstrate its strong bonding strength. Credit:…
A solution to the growing clean drinking water availability problem is direct solar steam generation technology, which can remove harmful soluble pollutants from water. Credit:…
3D model of the active center of the catalyst Titanium Silicalite -1 with the titanium pair (light grey). Credit: ETH Zürich Activity of the industrial…
Sponge-like catalysts could transform biodiesel production and chemical manufacturing. Image shows the porous ceramic sponge fabricated in the study (magnified 20,000 times). Credit: RMIT University…
Neighborly collaboration for catalysis. First, a number of nanoparticles of copper are isolated in a gas-filled nanotube. Researchers then use light to measure how they…
Illustration of a novel room-temperature process to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) by converting the molecule into carbon monoxide (CO). Instead of using heat, the nanoscale…
Complex interlocking components mean no tools are needed. Credit: © Larsson et al. An interactive system to design and fabricate structurally sound wood joints. Wood…
Photo (left) of a nanowire forest being sprayed on a miniature tree, with color (purple) arising from embedded gold nanoparticles. Electron microscope image (right) of…
The new method for producing hydrogen can also convert the carbon found in biogas and biosolids into advanced carbon nanomaterials, pictured here magnified 50,000 times.…
A five-phase equilibrium with at the top a gas phase with unaligned rods (isotropic phase), then a liquid phase with rods pointing in about the…
Two-step roll to roll coating of perovskite thin films at Swansea University, where researchers from the SPECIFIC project have achieved record efficiency levels for printed…
On the surface of the newly developed catalyst (PtGa-Pb/SiO2), Pt1 sites remain exposed to facilitate catalytic reaction while Pt3 sites (and Ga3 sites) shown with…