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With her new book, photographer Felice C. Frankel hopes to make scientists and engineers better visual communicators. It's hard to look away from one of Felice Frankel's images. For decades, Frankel, a research scientist in the MIT Department of Chemical engineering, has produced dazzling and witty art to tease and intrigue readers of the world's most prestigious science journals.

An electronic glove that enables movement in the paralysed hand of stroke survivors - supporting their rehabilitation - has been invented by a team from the University of Southampton.

Alejandro J. Cuellar De Lucio wins Vanier Graduate Scholarship for researching eco-friendly method of producing ammonia The Haber-Bosch process are three words everyone should know.

A team of researchers and teachers from the University of Twente developed a novel teaching method that uses conceptual modelling to facilitate learning and foster creativity in classrooms of chemical engineering students.

Fall 2023 Wulff Lecture speaker Sossina Haile '86, PhD '92 uses ammonia and a "superprotonic" material for efficient and eco-friendly energy generation.

Researchers from the Faculty of Science at the University of Potsdam submitted two successful proposals for Collaborative Research Centers to the German Research Foundation (DFG).

European Research Council supports work at the Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology For the development of new technological foundations that allow for the precise decoding of interactio

Three internationally renowned scientists have been named Canada Excellence Research Chairs at the University of British Columbia.

City dwellers have long had to contend with smog-that ugly haze that hangs over urban areas-as a result of emissions-producing human activities as diverse as manufacturing, mowing the lawn, driving cars, and even cooking. These emissions consist of gases such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as well as tiny solid particles known as aerosols.

Taking inspiration from the word-predicting large language models, a U-M team is kickstarting an atom-predicting model with 200,000 node hours on Argonne's Polaris Now that ChatGPT has revealed conne

Non-toxic and scalable water-based flow batteries would be a good solution for storing renewable energy in urban areas - if it weren't for their very low energy density.

The Empa research group led by Maksym Kovalenko is researching innovative materials for the batteries of tomorrow. Whether it's fast-charging electric cars or low-cost stationary storage, there's a promising material or a novel manufacturing process for every application. What are the hallmarks of a good battery? Is it its capacity? How fast it charges? Or its price? The answer depends on where the battery is used, says Empa researcher Kostiantyn Kravchyk.

APS honors Paola Cappellaro, Maria Gatu Johnson, and Bradley Olsen for research, applications, teaching, and leadership; 10 additional MIT alumni also honored.

To help address climate change, we urgently need to transition to clean energy. The energy sector is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, which are the primary drivers of global warming. Our research team Western University is innovating ways to generate clean electricity. Fuel cells are at the forefront of this endeavour, offering numerous advantages in the pursuit of sustainable energy solutions.

After 13 formative years at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, Professor Rafal Klajn joined the faculty of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).

Catalysts should be efficient and durable. To find them, four teams are systematically working together on new concepts.

An international group of researchers with participation from the University of Bern is using new concepts to search for efficient and durable electrocatalysts for the energy transition.

The low-cost FibeRobo, which is compatible with existing textile manufacturing techniques, could be used in adaptive performance wear or compression garments. Instead of needing a coat for each season, imagine having a jacket that would dynamically change shape so it becomes more insulating to keep you warm as the temperature drops.

Carbon neutral fuels? Artificial Photosynthesis as future technology? All possible, as shown by the research of Stefano Mazzanti.

Ever larger data volumes, more complex calculation and modeling methods: In many fields of research, large amounts of data play an important role.

Empa and Kyburz Switzerland AG are looking for ways to recycle end-of-life lithium-ion batteries in an efficient and resource-saving way. A specially developed experimental facility breaks down the old batteries into their components so that materials can be recovered as clean as possible. Everyone is familiar with this phenomenon from their cell phone or laptop: Over time, the capacity of the battery decreases, so that you have to reach for the charger more and more often.

Conventional systems for producing hydrogen depend on fossil fuels, but the new system uses only solar energy. MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors that is driven solely by the sun.

Hydrogen, the smallest element in the universe, has huge potential as a clean energy source. Using hydrogen (H2) as a fuel and as a means of storing energy could reduce our dependence on petroleum and help us reduce air pollution and greenhouse emissions to meet our goals for a cleaner and better climate.

Greener skies ahead: Engineers piloting sustainable jet fuel project A joint project between the Whiting School, the University of Alabama, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory aims to make the airline industry more sustainable through plant-based jet fuel Two researchers from the Whiting School of Engineering's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have teamed up with colleagues at The University of Alabama and Oak Ridge National

A Western student has pioneered an innovative solution to the plastic pollution problem by developing biodegradable bioplastics.

The new collaborative base for over 500 researchers in chemical, environmental and biomolecular sciences has opened at the University of Birmingham.

Key Takeaways Berkeley Lab will lead centers for the Hydrogen and Carbon Negative Energy Earthshots, initiatives to accelerate technological breakthroughs for clean energy and solutions to the climate crisis.

Researchers at The University of Warwick are among four world-class teams receiving a share of £18 million to pursue transformational bioscience research programmes.

The research focuses specifically on the regeneration of burned iron powder Iron powder can store energy in a very compact, cheap, safe, environmentally friendly and CO2-free manner.

New professor of biology uses budding yeast to address fundamental questions in cell biology. Sipping a beer on an early autumn evening, one might not consider that humans and yeast have been inextricably linked for thousands of years; winemaking, baking, and brewing all depend on budding yeast.

For now, it's the origin of life scientists have been seeking. And while the pieces of a primordial asteroid collected from a NASA spacecraft and brought to Earth this week may hold the clue, they may lead to a bigger, more ambitious mission. Samples taken from the 4.5-billion-year-old Bennu asteroid could very well make it easier for astronauts to travel to and live on Mars and, perhaps, worlds beyond our solar system, according to a University of Miami Ph.D.

A company specialising in expanding organoids at scale is preparing to leave Cardiff Medicentre. Cellesce, a spin-out from Cardiff and Bath Universities, has been a tenant at the Medicentre since 2017.

Waterloo Engineering professor fuels research that aims to reduce the carbon footprint By David McPherson Faculty of Engineering Hydrogen, the simplest and most abundant element, could be the best renewable energy source to fuel vehicles of the future.

Research by Cardiff scientists that could radically reduce greenhouse gas emissions that result from the chemical synthesis sector has been shortlisted for an IChemE Global Award. The team from the Max-Planck-Cardiff Centre on the Fundamentals of Heterogeneous Catalysis (FUNCAT), have reported a brand-new method of creating cyclohexanone oxime - a pre-cursor to the plastic material Nylon-6.

By Birgit Baustädter After playing Activity as a youngster, Fabio Blaschke soon realised that his future lay not in drawing, but in technology.