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The idea to generate hydrogen with the help of electrolysis is more than 200 years old. The idea to use hydrogen generation for the purpose of energy storage and thus to contribute to the energy transition is also not new. … Weiterlesen …

The MTU Hybrid PowerPack from Rolls-Royce could be used on the Lake Constance Belt Railway and thus simultaneously provide environmentally friendly, economic and reliable rail operations even before electrification of the line. These are the findings of simulations that have been carried … Weiterlesen …

The professional refurbishing of a single smartphone saves 14 kg of primary resources and 58 kg of greenhouse gas emissions. This was the conclusion reached by the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (UMSICHT) in a study project that was … Weiterlesen …

The supply of metals and energy products depends on various factors, i.e. how raw material prices develop, how transparent and accessible the markets are, and whether high environmental and social standards can be achieved in mining. In a position paper, … Weiterlesen …

Phosphors have long been in daily use, e.g. in TV screens or PC monitors and in science for investigating plasmas and particle or antiparticle beams. It was hitherto not known, however, that the light emission due to electrons is much … Weiterlesen …

The industrial use and series production of carbon fiber brought an huge impact on the automotive industry some years ago. The same is currently happening with additive manufactoring. Now, RapidFit, a tool manufacturer and subsidiary of the 3D printing specialist Materialise, is … Weiterlesen …

Cooling devices are considered to be power guzzlers, in which polluting refrigerants are still used, even after the ban on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). An environmentally friendly alternative are systems which use water instead. A research team at the Institute of Inorganic … Weiterlesen …

The surface of materials can have an enormous influence on their function. If the external properties are changed, this also expands the range of possible applications. This is why materials scientists at Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany are researching how they … Weiterlesen …

Microplastics are a global environmental problem on an alarming scale. The microplastics from cosmetics, detergents, cleaning products, chemical fibers washed out of synthetic textiles, and tire debris form the main sources of microplastics pollution. Sewage plants do not reliably filter … Weiterlesen …

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London, University of Cambridge and Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research found that adding salt to the inside of a supermolecular sponge and then baking it at a high temperature transformed the sponge into … Weiterlesen …