Halving Emissions by 2030 can Keep 1.5°C Within Reach. Researchers from the University of Leeds have worked with hundreds of experts from across the world to deliver the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report , which assesses the methods for reducing emissions and...
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New Polymer Membrane Tech Improves Efficiency of Carbon Dioxide Capture. Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new membrane technology that allows for more efficient removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from mixed gases, such as emissions from power plants. Membranes are...
Toward Batteries that Pack Twice as Much Energy per Pound. In the endless quest to pack more energy into batteries without increasing their weight or volume, one especially promising technology is the solid-state battery. In these batteries, the usual liquid electrolyte that carries charges...
Biomason Raises $65 Million Series C Round to Scale Biocement® Technology. U.S. based start-up Biomason recently announced a $65M funding round led by 2150 with participation from Celesta Capital, Hartree Partners, and others, including current shareholders Novo Holdings and Martin Marietta...
Synthesizing Functional Ceramic Powders for Solid Oxide Cells in Minutes through Thermal Shock. A team of reserachers from the U.S. and China has demonstrated the novel, rapid, economical synthesis of ceramic powders using thermal shock, for use in perovskite solar cells. The research was...
New, Nature-inspired Concepts for Turning Carbon Dioxide into Clean Fuels. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have previously shown that biological catalysts, or enzymes, can produce fuels cleanly using renewable energy sources, but at low efficiency. Their latest research has...
CEMEX and Synhelion Achieve Breakthrough in Cement Production with Solar Energy. CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (“CEMEX”) and Synhelion announced the successful production of the world’s first solar clinker, the key component of cement, a significant step towards developing fully solar-driven cement...
Smashing it in Sustainable Ceramics. Ceramic industry producers now need to become carbon neutral by 2050 and still have a lot to do, but with technology like heat exchangers on the horizon, that’s looking like a more realistic goal. Closeted away in the Northern Italian town of Pavullo, Atlas...
The Carbon Trust Launches New "Route to Net Zero Standard", Certifying the Journey to Climate Leadership. With over 1,000 companies worldwide setting science-based emission reduction targets, the challenge now is creating and delivering the action plans to achieve success. To help address this,...
CO2 Recycling and Efficient Drug Development: Tackling Two Problems with One Reaction Scientists at the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD) in Hokkaido University have developed a method that has the potential to help recycle waste CO2 while also producing molecules...