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Breakthrough solar desalination technology extracts 400% more salt from seawater
Engineers have developed a new desalination technology that significantly reduces the cost of desalination and quadruples salt production.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 12, 2022


Greta Thunberg effect evident in uniting young people around climate change
What we see is that Greta Thunberg has been very important in uniting young people who were already concerned about the climate.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 12, 2022


Scientists solve the genetic mystery to how all life on Earth began
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 11, 2022


Scientists harvesting the sun to grow food and clean energy together
People are increasingly trying to grow both food and clean energy on the same land to help meet the challenges of climate change.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 11, 2022


Itchy eyes and a runny nose? It could be climate change
Airborne allergenic pollen, emitted from trees, weeds and grasses, is a major trigger of AAD, affecting 5% to 30% of the population.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 9, 2022


Dirty byproduct of crude oil 'flash' recycled into useful graphene
Researchers employ unique flash Joule heating process to convert asphaltenes instantly into turbostratic (loosely aligned) graphene.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 7, 2022


Breakthrough solar harvesting system can generate power 24 hours a day
A new type of solar energy harvesting system breaks the efficiency record of all existing technologies collecting solar power 24/7.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 6, 2022


The number of lakes on Earth has increased substantially. Here's why that's bad!
There has been a particular increase in the number of small lakes, which unfortunately, emit large amounts of greenhouse gas.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 6, 2022


Breakthrough "water battery" is greener and longer-lasting than lithium-ion batteries
Can we survive three minutes without air or three days without water? How about without batteries? Imagine not having a battery for 3 hours.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2022


World's first graphene circuit can generate limitless power from thermal motion
Physicist has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2022


Groundbreaking research quantifies the health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels
Health benefits of using wind energy instead of fossil fuels could quadruple if the most polluting power plants are selected to dial down.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 4, 2022


Turning wastewater into fertilizer is feasible and will make agriculture more sustainable
The wastewater draining from massive pools of sewage sludge has the potential to play a role in more sustainable agriculture.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 2, 2022


Revolutionary engine generates electricity from heat with no moving parts
Their new demonstrations show that it converts heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency a performance better than steam turbines.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 1, 2022


White Graphene nanotubes will revolutionize the world
A single-atom-thin material that has been coined “white graphene” for its transparent appearance and its similarity to carbon-based graphene
Joseph Shavit
Dec 1, 2022


Scientists develop a new kind of battery, made entirely from abundant and low-cost material
Researchers have developed a new kind of battery, made entirely from abundant and inexpensive materials, that could help to fill that gap.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 30, 2022


Incredible biobatteries can generate power for weeks
Watson College of Engineering has been working for years on biobatteries, which generate electricity through bacterial interaction.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 30, 2022


Breakthrough project captures atmospheric methane using sugar
Methane gas is 86 times more potent than CO2 and accounts for 30 percent of all global warming from gaseous emissions.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 30, 2022


Charging cars at home at night is wrong, Stanford research finds
The vast majority of electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight are doing it wrong according to study.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 29, 2022


Arctic vegetation has a major impact on warming
The new results allow us to make more precise climate predictions, with the researchers pointing out that current models remain flawed.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 29, 2022


Revolutionary solid state lithium metal EV battery charges in just 15 minutes
Researchers claim that they can increase the autonomy of an electric car by up to 80%, and that it can charge from 0 to 80% in just 15 min.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 26, 2022
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