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Putting ocean plastic to good use: Powering cleanup vessels
Converting retrieved waste into oil via hydrothermal liquefaction eliminates the need for land disposal of some of the plastic and can markedly reduce shipboard fossil fuel use and attendant emissions.
Paper-based battery designed to biodegrade
Paper-thin biodegradable zinc batteries may offer an environmentally sustainable option for powering flexible and wearable electronic systems.
Public input sought on DOE nuclear fuel supply program
Feedback is requested to design a new program to help fuel and support advanced reactor demonstration and deployment projects.
What to consider when buying your first laser cutter or engraver
When considering a laser cutter or engraver, there are a range of choices at a variety of price points.
New audio tech for border surveillance
Dstl suggests that the patented technology behind POPE could also be used in other applications including as directional detection systems for gunshots or drones.
Chemists create new mode of adsorption
Mechanisorption uses mechanical bonds in the form of molecular chains physically threaded through rings to control the chemistry at surfaces and interfaces.
Kinetic Water Ram – clear clogged drains fast!
A compact, lightweight tool for quickly opening clogged sinks, toilets and tubs from General Pipe Cleaners.
Polar forecast: Hotter times in the Arctic
The most recent addition to places with record-high temperatures: the Arctic.
Company introduces units for treating oil drilling waste
NOV’s iNOVaTHERM is designed for both onshore and offshore drilling sites where it can be deployed to process drilling waste, oil-based mud, contaminated drill cuttings, oily sludges and slops.
DOE launches 2022 Geothermal Collegiate Competition
Participate in the competition, which is accepting submissions until February 17, 2022.
Video: A hot approach to mining urban waste for precious metals
A process previously demonstrated to produce graphene from waste food and plastic has been extended to the extraction of metals from electronic waste.
Abandoned oil and gas wells could be future burial site for CO2
The Net Zero RISE (Research Infrastructure for Subsurface Energy) project will determine if abandoned oil and gas wells throughout Britain could be used to bury carbon dioxide via carbon capture and storage.
Capturing CO2 emissions with sawdust and solar energy
Solar radiation serves as the energy source and modified sawdust is used as the carbon dioxide absorbent in a system that enables use of the captured gas to generate methanol, ethanol and other products.
Acoustic waves wash microplastics from water
The force produced by acoustic waves generated with two speakers was demonstrated to separate microplastics by increasing pressure on a three-channel tube of inflowing water.
Committee urges oil and gas giants to reveal methane leak data
ExxonMobil, Occidental Petroleum, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Pioneer Natural Resources, Ameredev II LLC, Coterra, Devon Energy, Admiral Permian Resources and Mewbourne Oil were recipients of the letters.
Researchers convert methane greenhouse gas into valuable chemicals
New catalyst technology could advance efforts to keep methane out of the atmosphere. Researchers call the technology “revolutionary,” saying it “opens the door to reducing the emission of methane and its combustion product, CO2, in the future."
Re-engineering the Reverse Commute
How technology and employers are helping people get to work more efficiently with a few clever tricks.
Watch a RHINO on the scent of wastewater treatment plant odors
Affixed to a drone, the electronic nose sniffs out and measures odors emanating from wastewater treatment facilities.
Vanquish e-waste with sustainable electronics
Vanquishing e-waste requires sustainable production to ensure that future generations prioritize waste, pollution and resource inefficiency.
Video: Compact limit switch optimizes hydropower plant process flow
The vibration sensor and compact limit switch improve wood chip conveyance efficiency at a hydropower plant.