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Exploiting Green Tides Thanks to a Marine Bacterium

July 10, 2019

Scientists have identified a marine bacterium whose enzymatic system can break down ulvan into an energy source

A More Holistic Approach to Laboratory Resource Reduction

April 2, 2018

The environmental impact of labs is nothing short of significant

Researchers Produce a New Design for a Battery Cell That Runs on Air

March 23, 2018

Scientists have produced a new design for a beyond-lithium-ion battery cell that operates by running on air (hence, ref...

World’s First Nighttime Solar Fuels Reactor Passes Test

February 21, 2018

Solar powered chemistry has one downfall—reactions stop at night. Now scientists have a solution

Fungal Enzymes Could Hold Secret to Making Renewable Energy From Wood

February 16, 2018

Researchers unlock key scientific challenge of how biorefineries can convert wood into biofuel in an environmental and cost-e...

The Latest Developments at Synlight—the World's Largest Artificial Sun

February 8, 2018

With 149 high-performance xenon short-arc lamps to mimic natural solar radiation, the key focus of Synlight is on&n...

Scientists Discover Material Ideal for Smart Photovoltaic Windows

January 24, 2018

Berkeley Lab researchers make thermochromic windows with perovskite solar cell

Proton Transport in Graphene Shows Promise for Renewable Energy

January 23, 2018

The new findings demonstrated an increase in the rate at which the material conducts protons when it is simply illuminated wi...

New Pathways, Better Biofuels

November 29, 2017

New research stitches together the best bits of several different bacteria to synthesize a new biofuel product that matc...

Briny Pool Bacteria Can Clean up and Power Up

November 6, 2017

KAUST researchers are exploring ways to detoxify warm, salty wastewater while simultaneously generating electricity

Robotics Principles Help Sandia Wave Energy Converters Better Absorb Power of Ocean Waves

October 31, 2017

Sandia’s engineering team has designed, modeled, and tested a control system that doubles the amount of power a wave en...

Biomass-Produced Electricity in the US Possible, but It'll Cost You

September 25, 2017

If the U.S. wants to start using wood pellets to produce energy, either the government or power customers will have to pay an...

Solar-to-Fuel System Recycles CO2 to Make Ethanol and Ethylene

September 20, 2017

Berkeley Lab advance is first demonstration of efficient, light-powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis...

Cotton Gin Trash Finding New Life for Electrical Power

September 11, 2017

Cotton gin trash is produced in abundance at cotton gins across Texas and usually left unutilized

Trash to Treasure: The Benefits of Waste-To-Energy Technologies

August 28, 2017

Organic waste such as yard trimmings, paper, wood, and food produces millions of tons of methane emissions at landfills every...

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