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Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Useful Chemicals
Lars Mohrhusen’s junior research group aims to develop new catalysts for the conversion of carbon dioxide. The catalyst…
Solar-powered floating islands could help to regrow coral reefs
A trio of hexagonal islands could generate solar electricity to power a process that accelerates coral growth, with…
Sunlight-trapping device can generate temperatures over 1000°C
The heat-trapping device reached 1050°C in experiments mark bulmer/Alamy Engineers have developed a device that can generate temperatures…
Five climate megaprojects that might just save the world
WHEN it comes to fighting climate change, many strategies require relatively small actions from large numbers of people.…
Satellite beamed power from space to Earth for the first time ever
Inside the MAPLE power experiment Alex Ayling et al. The first experiment to transmit power to Earth from…
Floating solar power booms in South-East Asia as land becomes scarce
A floating solar power plant on the Cirata reservoir in Indonesia, shortly before it began operating in November…