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Oleophobic hydrophobic magnetic sponge selectively soaks up oil, sparing water and wildlife

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A Northwestern Engineering-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. Oil spill clean-up is an expensive and complicated process that often harms marine life and further damages the environment. Skimmers don’t work in rough waters or with thin layers of oil. —Vikas Nandwana.

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ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

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In contrast to water, the extractant does not form a heterogeneous azeotrope with n-butanol, and the overall energy consumption of for n-butanol production is 3.9 Biofuels can be produced by fermenting waste biomass and recovering the fuel from the fermented solution using an extractant. MJ kg -1 ).

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QUB spin-out to commercialize to technique for production of MOFs; storage for natural gas vehicles

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MOF manufacturing techniques have been limited as they are costly, slow and require large quantities of solvents, which can be toxic and harmful to the environment. —Prof. Granting of the patent enabled the formation of MOF Technologies from Queen’s spin-out arm QUBIS.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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Feature: Going Green on Car Care, Repair and Insurance

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You may be wondering if electric and hybrid cars are cheap to insure. Just be careful to conserve your water consumption because if you leave your hose running and spray water for hours on end, you’ll waste so much water that you’ll have a net loss on your going green efforts.

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Cheap Sensors for Smarter Farmers

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Depending on factors such as how the sun hits the ground, the amount of water or the fertilizer needed could vary patch by patch. With the new, cheap sensors, farmers will be able to collect data on their farms without worrying about the variability. One problem with mass-producing sensors, however, is that it creates a lot of waste.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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Cypris Materials, Inc is developing paintable solar reflective coatings for the built environment to decrease cooling costs, improve energy efficiency, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Their goal is to test an innovative electrolyzer concept for the cheap production of green (CO 2 -free) hydrogen for a decarbonized future.

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