All Sustainable energy articles
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Job profileLaboratory technician and higher apprentice, solar
Rebekka tests and finds ways to improve solar panels whilst balancing her studies towards her Foundation Degree apprenticeship
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New power, old batteries
Closing the loop in lithium-ion battery recycling from electric cars
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Microbes and renewable energy turn carbon dioxide into edible protein
A new process uses microbes and renewable energy to make proteins for human consumption
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Is it time to increase the ethanol content in our petrol?
Short-term gains, but no environmental solution
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Brick by brick
From green LEGO bricks to compostable shoes, Fiona Case investigates how Lego and Reebok are making biomaterials mainstream
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Lithium could hold key to sustainable ammonia synthesis
Cycling strategy leads to massive efficiency boost
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Sun shines for iron catalyst to convert carbon dioxide to methane
Step on the road to sustainable fuel production as iron–porphyrin catalyst comes through under mild conditions
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Battery material helps people keep their cool
Nanoporous clothes would be transparent to body heat
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Nuclear decommissioning: turning waste into wealth
This context/problem-based learning (C/PBL) resource is part of a collection we have commissioned for you to use with your undergraduate students. This 5 credit module is based on the following scenario: Your students will consider the management of a nuclear decommissioning project with a focus on adding value ...
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Waste to wealth videos: Brian Handy
This resource forms part of a collection of videos that aims to provide undergraduate students with insights into what it is like to work in the nuclear industry. In these videos Brian Handy explains what it is like to work in the nuclear industry. He describes some of the challenges, ...
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Waste to wealth videos: Peter Ivanov
This resource forms part of a collection of videos that aims to provide undergraduate students with insights into what it is like to work in the nuclear industry. In these videos Peter Ivanov explains what it is like to work as a radiochemist. He describes the role of solvent extraction ...
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Waste to wealth videos: Martin Freer
This resource forms part of a collection of videos that aims to provide undergraduate students with insights into what it is like to work in the nuclear industry. In these videos Martin Freer explains what it is like to work in the nuclear industry. He describes some of the issues ...
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On This Day – Jul 07 : Rocket apparatus fueled with solid 'explosive material'
The first of these rockets was successfully launched on 16th March 1926 by the American scientist and his colleagues in Auburn, Massachusetts. It was fuelled by liquid oxygen (O2) and gasoline, and reached a height of 12.5 metres.
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Rechargeable first for promising battery tech
New cathode material makes for energetic, rechargeable sodium–carbon dioxide batteries that could power Mars vehicles
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Exploring UK fracking emissions concerns
Elinor Hughes drills down into how scientists are checking potential greenhouse gas and radioactive emissions from the hydraulic fracturing of shale
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Faces of Chemistry – Organic solar cells
Explore the chemistry of organic photovoltaics (organic solar cells) as a scientist from BASF explains the technology used in the Smart Forvision car.
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Making biodiesel
The Learning about materials resources collection presents educational resources about materials in the form of teacher’s notes and photocopiable worksheets. This resource contains instructions for practical work on making a biodiesel, as well as worksheets covering alkenes, infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, calculations on biodiesel yields, ester/biodiesel production and thermochemistry.
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The lignin challenge
Elinor Hughes investigates how scientists are hoping to use biomass waste to produce valuable chemicals
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A bright future for silicon solar cell recycling
Hydrofluoric acid eliminated from silicon salvage process
