How Life Cycle Assessments can enhance ‘green’ mining techniques

Researchers from the University of Exeter, consultancy firm Minviro, the British Geological Survey, and the Circular Economy Solutions Unit published an article […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 4, 2021 | 6:06 am

One of the world’s largest clean energy projects closer to becoming a reality

Multinational Sun Cable is one step closer to developing its massive Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink) project – which will deliver up to 3.2 […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 30, 2021 | 6:06 am

Energy-efficient approach for treating water contaminated with heavy metals could be applied at mine sites

A new water treatment process being developed at MIT could be adapted for industrial uses such as cleaning water produced in mining […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2021 | 6:06 am

Over 150m households, 23m businesses could switch to solar generation by 2050 - report

Over 150m households, 23m businesses could switch to solar by 2050 – report

Changes in global policies and tariff design will be critical to activate the customer-sited solar market, which could see 167 million households […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2021 | 6:13 am

Super material discovered by error could be key for batteries, fuel cells

Researchers searching for a new superconductor with unconventional behaviour unexpectedly discovered a material that is only four atoms thick and allows for […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 27, 2021 | 6:01 am

Silver-enhanced disinfectant has long-lasting effects against covid-19

Researchers at the University of Central Florida are using an engineered nanostructure called cerium oxide modified with small amounts of silver to […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 24, 2021 | 2:04 am

Recent discovery may give solar cells a thousand times more power

Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg achieved an increase in the photovoltaic effect of ferroelectric crystals by a factor of 1,000 by […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 23, 2021 | 1:25 pm

How lithium can be efficiently extracted from oil and gas wastewater

New research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences proposes the idea of rapidly extracting lithium from contaminated […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 22, 2021 | 12:05 am

Mountaintop coal mining threatens Appalachian biodiversity

Biological diversity in the Appalachian mountain streams is being severely threatened by mountaintop coal mining, according to a recent paper published in […]

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 21, 2021 | 6:06 am