Turning carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
A research team has discovered a new electrocatalyst that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) and water into ethanol
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Joseph Shavit
Aug 5, 2020
These 3d Printed Terracotta Tiles Along Hong Kong’s Coast Are Designed To Revive Marine Coral Life
Hong Kong saw an 80% decline in the coral population in Double Island, Sai Kung, over the past decade
Joseph Shavit
Aug 5, 2020
Astronauts recount wild ride home on SpaceX's Crew Dragon
U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, home two days from a landmark mission as NASA's first crew to fly a privately built vehicle
Joseph Shavit
Aug 4, 2020
‘LIQUID GOLD’: STALE BEER TURNED INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY IN AUSTRALIA
Expired beer is being converted into renewable energy to help power a wastewater treatment plant
Joseph Shavit
Aug 4, 2020
Recycling Combustion: Creating Fuel From Carbon Dioxide
The CO2 collection step still requires a large air-to-water contact area like a cooling tower. But electrolosys can happen with just 2% CO2
Joseph Shavit
Aug 4, 2020
An uncanny humanoid robot is working at a government office in Russia — here's how it works
Promobot's most recent robot sits firmly in uncanny valley, working as a civil servant in Perm, Russia.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 3, 2020
The Great Green Wall Of Africa: Is This The Next Wonder Of The World?
This is where the Great Green Wall comes in, a project that could save an entire region from ecological collapse.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 3, 2020
Can airplanes go green?
Val Miftakhov flew Europe’s largest commercial-grade all-electric passenger plane last month
Joseph Shavit
Aug 3, 2020
Engineers Have Found a Way to Make More Durable Roads Out of Old Tyres And Rubble
Producing something useful out of waste materials that would otherwise be discarded is the ideal scenario
Joseph Shavit
Aug 3, 2020
How farmers are harnessing solar power and smart techniques to work the land
Fundu has employed a technique which uses “dead level contours” to harvest rainwater.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 3, 2020
China Says It Has Completed a Navigation Network That Could Rival the U.S. GPS
China is celebrating the completion of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System that could rival the U.S. Global Positioning System.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 2, 2020
The long road to clean energy innovation
Scaling up technologies key to combating climate change will take between 18 years to more than 100, the IEA found in a recent report
Joseph Shavit
Aug 1, 2020
New Printing Process Advances 3D capabilities
Stronger parts for airplanes, automobiles, medical are just some of the products that could be created through a new 3D printing technology
Joseph Shavit
Jul 31, 2020
Baby in NICU sees parents' faces for 1st time thanks to innovative masks
"A team at the hospital was working on creating clear masks for people who work with deaf patients,"
Joseph Shavit
Jul 30, 2020
How quantum computers could help tackle big climate change challenges
[July 29, 2020: UJ City News] By 2025, quantum computing “will have outgrown its infancy”, with commercialization stimulating a...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 30, 2020
All Aboard! Four Innovations Set to Revolutionize Rail Travel
[July 29, 2020: Red Herring] COVID-19 isn’t making much run fast—not least the productivity of tech journalists. But it might just push...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 30, 2020
Room temperature superconductivity creeping toward possibility
[July 30, 2020: Penn State University] The possibility of achieving room temperature superconductivity took a tiny step forward with a...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 29, 2020
New fabric could help keep you cool in the summer, even without A/C (video)
[July 29, 2020: American Chemical Society] Air conditioning and other space cooling methods account for about 10% of all electricity...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 28, 2020
Local Entrepreneur Launches Innovative Menstrual Product
[July 28, 2020: EdHat Santa Barbara] Sixth generation Carpinterian, Christine Brown has launched Kind Cup, a newly designed menstrual...
Joseph Shavit
Jul 28, 2020
Innovative treatment prevents spread of bacteria across metal surfaces
[July 28, 2020: Purdue University] Researchers at Purdue University have developed a treatment to infuse a hardened metal surface with...
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