A thick slab of whale blubber weighing as much as a toddler sat on a steel bench in Chris Reddy’s chemistry lab. Surrounding it was an assortment of carving knives, beakers, and a kitchen blender from Walmart.
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CABI Confirms Presence Of Devastating Date Pest The Red Palm Weevil On Socotra Island, Yemen
CABI scientist Dr Arne Witt has led an international team of researchers who have confirmed for the first time the presence of the date pest red palm weevil on Socotra Island, Yemen, putting the livelihoods of residents at risk.
Transparent Graphene Electrodes Might Lead To New Generation Of Solar Cells
A new way of making large sheets of high-quality, atomically thin graphene could lead to ultra-lightweight, flexible solar cells, and to new classes of light-emitting devices and other thin-film electronics.
Risk Experts Quantify Reliability Of Renewables, Helping Grid Operators And Spurring Investors
Transitioning electricity grids to renewable sources of energy involves building more solar and wind farms, but also requires new mathematical tools to plan around the unpredictably intermittent nature of sun and wind, according to researchers recently awarded a $3.5-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop such tools.
Engineers Find Neat Way to Turn Waste Carbon Dioxide Into Useful Material
Chemical engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed new technology that helps convert harmful carbon dioxide emissions into chemical building blocks to make useful industrial products like fuel and plastics.
Lab Makes 4D Printing More Practical
Soft robots and biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality with a new way to print shapeshifting materials.
