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A team of researchers at Aston University has demonstrated that benchtop spectrometers are capable of analysing pyrolysis bio-oils just as well as far more expensive, high-field spectrometers.

Over the past decade, scientists have made several pivotal discoveries related to lithium-sulfur batteries. Scientists discover surprising pathway to better lithium-sulfur batteries by visualizing reactions at the atomic scale.

A vital component of the batteries of electric vehicles and grid energy storage, lithium is key to a clean energy future. Researchers have developed an extraction technique that slashes the amount of land and time needed for its production.

Zinc-air batteries have emerged as a cheaper and safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles in a new study.

When dairy cows are fed diets with reduced protein concentrations – aimed at decreased environmental nitrogen pollution from their manure such as nitrate leaching, nutrient-laden run-off and ammonia volatilization – their milk production can suffer.

The climate-driven advance of beavers into the Arctic tundra is causing the release of more methane into the atmosphere. A study linking Arctic beavers to an increase in the release of methane was published in July.

A team has identified a surface treatment that significantly reduces the growth of biofilms, which cause microbial infections and clog hoses and filters on the International Space Station.

Freeze casting processes can be used to produce highly porous and hierarchically structured materials that have a large surface area. They are suitable for a wide variety of applications.

The Nature Conservancy, University of Montana, and USDA Forest Service identify “opportunity hot spots” where proactive forest management can keep carbon in forests and protect communities from wildfires in the West.

To ameliorate these wide-ranging negative impacts resulting from exposure to PM2.5 several countries have taken steps to reduce exposure. But how effective have these mitigation efforts been?