3+ mon, 17+ hour ago   (374+ words) In the urgent race to cool a warming planet, scientists have long dreamed of turning a major villain into a valuable asset. The challenge has always been the sheer amount of energy required to force stable greenhouse gases into a…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (403+ words) Researchers improve CO2 adsorption sevenfold by changing anion size in polyionic liquids. Researchers in Japan have developed a new carbon capture material that absorbs significantly more carbon dioxide simply by changing the size of its counter anions. The joint research team…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (533+ words) The solution uses waste streams already discharged into rivers. Scientists in Germany have recently found out that alkaline wastewater from steel and cement production could capture carbon dioxide (CO2) and remove tens of millions of tons of the greenhouse gas from…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (456+ words) Stillage is being turned into electrodes in Kentucky, US. Kentucky’s bourbon whiskey boom leaves behind a huge amount of waste grain called stillage. Now, that waste is being recycled into an energy-storage material that could be part of future commercial…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago   (531+ words) With hepatitis C affecting 50 million people worldwide, this rapid point-of-care test could help nations advance toward the WHO’s 2030 elimination target. Scientists at Northwestern University have created the fastest diagnostic yet for the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The test delivers results…...