Global renewable power is forecast to break another record in 2022, despite all the issues and concerns around higher costs and supply chain problems, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Rio Tinto (RT) and BP have agreed to cooperate on a one-year biofuel trial to reduce carbon emissions from RT’s marine fleet. BP will supply its B30 biofuel comprising 30% fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) blended with very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO).
Using light to reduce carbon dioxide into a fuel such as formic acid (HCOOH) could offer an advantageous route to removing the gas from the atmosphere. Systems to reduce CO2 typically consist of a light-absorbing substrate, such as a redox photosensitiser or semiconductor, and a catalyst. The reduction of CO2 into valuable chemicals, however, requires the transfer of at least two electrons.
Niacinamide – a natural form of vitamin B3 – promises to help keep skin healthy by discouraging colonisation by microbial pathogens, UK researchers have found, so protecting us against infections.
For paints and coatings manufacturers, surface area is an important parameter – directly linked to profitability. It’s this fact that explains why the trend to put more electric vehicles on the roads is causing so much buzz, says William Brunat, PPG’s Global Director of product development Automotive Coatings and Mobility.
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High-performance fillers can change material properties, such as improving strength and stiffness, but also, for example, make packaging films easier to remove, increase the thermal conductivity of adhesives, regulate the temperature of acrylic glass sheets or store light in colours and release it again in the dark.
A new liquid-solid phase separation system captures CO2 from the atmosphere with 99% efficiency. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, say their system exhibits ‘unprecedented performance’ for so-called direct air capture (DAC) of CO2.
T cells are crucial combatants in the immune system’s cancer defenses and granzyme B is an important enzyme that T cells insert into cancer cells to kill them. Now, chemists in Edinburgh, UK, have created a probe that fluoresces in the presence of active granzyme B – alerting them to the presence of cancer.
An algal species has been harnessed to produce a renewable power source in a device around the size of an AA battery. Its developers say it has potential to power small devices such as smart watches and sensors.