Lignin-based Aerogels

It almost looks like chocolate, but this is aerogel: solid, highly porous material with low density and low thermal conductivity. Still, the production of pure lignin aerogels is not possible. A team led by the Professor Irina Smirnova from the Technical … Weiterlesen …

Sculpting with Graphene Foam

The squishy solids look and feel something like a child’s toy but offer new possibilities for energy storage and flexible electronic sensor applications, according to James Tour, chemist at Rice University. The technique is an extension of groundbreaking work by the Tour lab … Weiterlesen …

Hybrid Drive for Trains

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 …

Second Life for Smartphones

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 …

More Energy-Efficient Cooling

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 …

Tiny Structures with Huge Impact

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 …

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