Environment
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A “battery” of activated carbon improves the direct air capture of CO2
A fabric in activated carbon filled with hydroxide ions allows to capture CO2 with performance similar to the metal-organic structures…
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Convert CO2 with renewable energy storage systems
Two prototypes of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory combine CO2 capture with energy storage. By exploiting the electrochemical reactions generated…
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Inaugurated Mammoth, the world’s largest direct air capture system for CO2 system
The Swiss company Climeworks has put into operation a plant capable of capturing 36,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year…
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The Caribbean jewel: photovoltaics that resists hurricanes
The plant, built in the State of Antigua and Barbuda, can withstand winds that blow at 265 km per hour…
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Invented mini-robots capable of removing microplastics from water
Using only algae and magnetic nanoparticles a team of researchers discovered a way to remove microplastics from water
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Energy from rain and sun, the weather-proof generator
Presented a new adaptive and all-in-one system to collect environmental energy, which increases twice the solar pyroelectricity and triboelectricity
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Meat Grown, the great business that looks to a sustainable future
Cultivated meat seems to be the only solution to meet the growing global demand for meat, which has a strong…
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From the USA, the innovative direct ocean carbon capture
A team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh has developed two special membrane contactors that use a sodium solution…
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Sun, water, CO2: the artificial leaf produces pure ethanol
Cambridge University researchers harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide, water and sunlight into liquid multicarbon fuels in…
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Ultrasonic technology against microplastics from Japan
A new technology based on micro tubes and sound waves allows to collect microplastics in quantities 100 times higher than…
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