Beyond batteries: Storing power in a sheet of paper
...igh paper content and lack of toxic chemicals, its environmentally safe, Shaijumon said. Paper is also extremely biocompatible and these new hybrid battery/supercapcitors have potential as power supplies for devices implanted in the body. The team printed paper batteries without adding any electrolytes, and demonst...American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Aug. 1, 2007
...be the use of sodium acetate as an inexpensive and environmentally friendly concrete sealant. One of sodium acetates many uses is in flavored potato chips. In laboratory studies using freshly made concrete, the researchers showed that sodium acetate seeps into pores in concrete and then hardens and crystallizes upon......s removing chewing gum from pavements and powering environmentally friendly cars, reports Nina Morgan in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. The value of instant steam lies in creating truly portable steam that can be generated intermittently on demand, says Dave Wardle, business development director at O......lectronics that are different, and maybe even more environmentally friendly, than the standard ones that are available today.'...Alternative farming cleans up water
...agement system that is productive, profitable, and environmentally acceptable. There are no silver bullets for solving our water quality problems, said Strock. Instead, implementing practices such as cropping system biodiversity, along with refined nitrogen management practices, growing perennial crops in a rotati...UC Davis is partner in new $125 million federal bioenergy research center
...ars, the potential of the mostenergy-efficient and environmentally benign fuel crops can berealized. "The DOE JBEI will be a center of intellectual thought and provideenergy research leadership designed to meet its program objectivesquickly and effectively," said Graham Fleming, deputy director ofBerkeley Lab. ...Giant magnetocaloric materials could have large impact on the environment
...t magnetocaloric materials that have potential for environmentally friendly magnetic refrigeration systems. Magnetic refrigeration is a clean technology that uses magnetic fields to manipulate the degree of ordering (or entropy) of electronic or nuclear magnetic dipoles in order to reduce a material's temperature...Washington University in St. Louis to invest $55 million for renewable energy research
...e world this century, namely creating abundant and environmentally sustainable energy sources. It also adds an important component to the regional initiative to establish St. Louis as a leader in the development of renewable energy. The Danforth Center looks forward to being an enthusiastic partner and expanding res...Novel sugar-to-hydrogen technology promises transportation fuel independence
...d by grocery stores, Zhang points out. "So it is environmentally friendly, energy efficient, requires no special infrastructure, and is extremely safe. We have killed three birds with one stone,"he said. "We have hydrogen production with a mild reaction and low cost. We have hydrogen storage and transport in the f...NIST building software offers green product advice
... new version of NIST's software tool for selecting environmentally preferred, cost-effective building products, updates data on more than 200 products and adds 30 new products for review. It also offers users the option of a new set of consensus weights for scoring the environmental impact of individual building pro...Creation of an international industrial chair in life cycle assessment
...enting practices that help us to be among the most environmentally responsible companies in world", as stated in the 2006 Sustainability and Worldwide Contributions Annual Report. "Total has been a partner with the CIRAIG for many years. The mastering of our impacts having been embedded in the heart of our strateg...Nanotechnology provides 'green' path to environmentally sustainable economy
...nd green engineering "holds the key to building an environmentally sustainable society in the 21st century," conclude...technology-enabled products and processes that are environmentally benign or "clean and green"; Managing nanomaterials and their production to minimize potential ...New chemistry approach promises less expensive drugs
...generally inexpensive, robust to water and air and environmentally friendly. Organic catalysts, it turns out, are pro...ngle enantiomers, and they will do it using cheap, environmentally friendly small organic molecules as catalysts. It's a double whammy." ...Building green made easier with new roadmap
Looking to build with an environmentally smart and friendly approach? A University of Orego...ocess that incorporates economical, energy-saving, environmentally friendly and sustainable development. A passive approach uses no purchased energy such as electricit...Plastic that degrades in seawater could be boon for cruise industry and others
...until they make port. In the future, a new type of environmentally friendly plastic that degrades in seawater may make it safe and practical to toss plastic waste overboard, freeing-up valuable storage space, according to scientists at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM). The biodegradable plastics could ...Winner of Tyler Environmental Prize announced
...ned to their countries to apply an appropriate and environmentally sound technology," McCarty wrote. The industrial... Lettinga for "your research and development of an environmentally sound novel process for the treatment of polluted wastewater and its implementation worldwide, espec...New Geisinger Health System building green Center for Health Research
...defines, measures and certifies buildings that are environmentally responsible, economically efficient and healthy places to live and work. The LEED certification process includes a thorough review of the building's design features, construction plans and records. Green features in the Geisinger Center for Research,...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- March. 14, 2007
...w nuclear weapon that NNSA says will be easier and environmentally cleaner to manufacture and more difficult for potential terrorists to disassemble or detonate. The article describes details of the RRW, envisioned for production by 2012, and discusses differing opinions about the new proposals for the U.S. nuclear...Computer-designed molecule to clean up fluorocarbons?
...chemists have been searching for an economical and environmentally friendly method to dispose of fluorocarbons. Reasoning that the problem already may have been solved by nature, the NIST/Philip Morris team looked to an enzyme called fluoroacetate dehalogenase used by a South African bacterium, Burkholderia sp. Th...... scrap PCBs, which showed that it is efficient and environmentally friendly. The technology involves special crushing of scrap PCBs, followed by separation of the metallic and non-metallic materials with an electric field. The technique has advantages over other methods proposed for recycling PCBs, the researchers i...