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Engineering Team Develops Nanofiber Solution for Clean, Fresh Air
A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has successfully concocted a novel nanofiber solution that creates thin, see-through air filters that can remove up to 90 percent of PM2.5 particles and achieve high air flow of 2.5 times better than conventional air filters.
Pulverizing Electronic Waste Is Green, Clean — and Cold
Researchers at Rice University and the Indian Institute of Science have an idea to simplify electronic waste recycling: Crush it into nanodust.
Preventing Lead Spread
A team of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis has developed a new way to model and track where lead particles might be transported during the partial-replacement process, in an effort to keep the water supply safer.
Silk Sensor Could Speed Development of New Infrastructure, Aerospace and Consumer Materials
Consumers want fuel-efficient vehicles and high-performance sporting goods, municipalities want weather-resistant bridges and manufacturers want more efficient ways to make reliable cars and aircraft. What’s needed are new lightweight, energy-saving composites that won’t crack or break even after prolonged exposure to environmental or structural stress.
Methane Reforming in Four-Stroke Engine Cycle
A modular reforming reactor could provide hydrogen at the point of use for residential fuel cells and vehicle refueling stations.
Car Tires: Where the Trees Hit the Road
Fossil fuel-derived isoprene for tire manufacture might soon be replaced with isoprene produced from trees, grasses, or corn.
Got Soybeans? Make Graphene
A simplified single-step process for graphene fabrication has been developed by Australian researchers.
Exhaust Fumes as a Resource
A research team headed by Professor Dr. Markus Heinrich, Medicinal Chemistry, FAU has now developed a highly efficient method of combining these two aspects — namely the purification of waste gas outflows and the practical recycling of nitrogen oxides.
Researcher Tests Fly Ash for Stronger Concrete
Portland cement has been around for more than 250 years as the binding material for concrete, mortar and stucco, but a Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher is studying ways to make concrete without the traditional material.
Researchers Offer Overview of Composite Metal Foams and Potential Applications
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a range of composite metal foams (CMFs) that can be used in applications from armor to hazardous material transport — and they're now looking for collaborators to help identify and develop new applications. To that end, the researchers are issuing a comprehensive overview and new data on their CMFs.
New Nanofiber Marks Important Step in Next Generation Battery and Water Electrolysis Development
One of the keys to building electric cars that can travel longer distances, or powering more homes with renewable energy, is developing efficient and highly-capable energy storage systems.
EnviroPump and Seal: Designed Not to Fail
Longer life bearings and seals for new pumps and retrofits increase life and reduce maintenance.
New Material Helps Record Data with Light
In the new study, the scientists from ITMO University in Saint Petersburg, Leipzig University in Germany and Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands could generate excitons at room temperature by changing the light parameters.
Chemists Create Molecular “Leaf” That Collects and Stores Solar Power Without Solar Panels
An international team of scientists led by Liang-shi Li at Indiana University has achieved a new milestone in the quest to recycle carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere into carbon-neutral fuels and others materials.
Test Procedure and Energy Conservation Standard for Pumps
The new standard is expressed as a Pump Energy Index applicable for rotodynamic, clean water pumps used in a variety of commercial, industrial, agricultural, and municipal applications.
Reusable Sponge Soaks Up Oil, Could Revolutionize Oil Spill and Diesel Cleanup
When the Deepwater Horizon drilling pipe blew out seven years ago, beginning the worst oil spill in U.S. history, those in charge of the recovery discovered a new wrinkle: the millions of gallons of oil bubbling from the sea floor weren’t all collecting on the surface where it could be skimmed or burned. Some of it was forming a plume and drifting through the ocean under the surface.
Black Carbon: A Culprit in Russian Arctic Warming?
Major sources of black carbon – a pollutant implicated for accelerating climate warming trends in the Russian Arctic – include residential heating and transportation.
Winery Improves Water Treatment
A bioelectrically-enhanced treatment solution will process all effluents onsite, and generate electricity and heat, for a California winery.
EHD Pump Cools Space Hardware
A candidate cooling technology developed at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s will fly aboard the International Space Station later this decade.
Higher Efficiency and Cleaner Air for HVAC
A new HVAC module improves indoor air quality, while reducing the need for outside air.