In the UK, UK Aviation News reported that researchers from Swansea University have played a key role in a landmark aviation achievement after a modern aero engine was successfully operated on 100% hydrogen fuel at full take-off power for the first time. The milestone marks the culmination of a four-year international program led by Rolls-Royce […]
In the UK, a new study led by Queen Mary University of London researchers, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, describes a new integrated solar reactor in which engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli) are grown directly inside the same liquid that converts CO₂ into a usable energy source using sunlight. In future, […]
In Indiana, converting aquaculture sludge with a natural microbial process into a viable renewable biofuel presents a mind-numbing chess match of biochemical variables. This process — anaerobic digestion — involves microbes operating in a no-oxygen environment. Purdue University researchers are steadily developing new strategies for controlling the complex variables of anaerobic digestion, a naturally occurring […]
In Massachusetts, earlier this year, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) launched a major study to examine the sustainable fuel options for aviation, international shipping, long-haul trucking, and freight rail. More than one-tenth of the world’s climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to energy comes from these hard-to-decarbonize forms of transportation. And that fraction continues to […]
In South Korea, the idea that DNA is only a molecule that stores genetic information is being challenged. KAIST researchers have developed a technology that controls the chemical environment around catalysts at the nanometer scale by designing DNA sequences, the arrangement of A, T, G, and C that make up genetic information. The team has […]
In the UK, Airport Industry Review reported that the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has opened applications for a new phase of its Hydrogen Challenge program, inviting organizations to participate in research and testing for the future use of hydrogen in aviation. The initiative forms part of the regulator’s Regulatory Sandbox program, which allows companies, […]
In Germany, RIKEN researchers have found out how light energy harvested by pigments besides chlorophyll is transferred to the molecular site where photosynthesis occurs in cyanobacteria. Green is the color that most people associate with plants, microalgae life and natural environments. That’s because most plants and microalgae use the green pigment chlorophyll to absorb sunlight. […]
In China, a research team at Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, has constructed ultrathin porous cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanosheets decorated with two types of “dual-functional” sites: individual ruthenium atoms (Ru single atoms) and sulfur vacancies. This design, reported in Science Bulletin, enables highly efficient and selective photoreforming of ethanol under simulated sunlight. Under light irradiation, the Ru […]
In South Korea, KAIST researchers have developed a technology that can produce key nylon precursors in an eco-friendly way using microbes. A research team has developed an Escherichia coli-based modular platform capable of producing three key monomers (basic molecular units that make up polymers) of “nylon 6,6” and “nylon 6″—adipic acid, hexamethylenediamine, and epsilon-caprolactam—from “glycerol […]
In Indiana, converting aquaculture sludge with a natural microbial process into a viable renewable biofuel presents a mind-numbing chess match of biochemical variables. This process — anaerobic digestion — involves microbes operating in a no-oxygen environment. Researchers from Purdue University are steadily developing new strategies for controlling the complex variables of anaerobic digestion, a naturally […]
