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Solar Power to Dye For: Flexible Lightweight Inexpensive Dyes Could Harvest Energy from Sun
May 10 | Posted by admin | Green World Tags: earth, GreenResearchers at the University of Turku believe that flexible, lightweight and inexpensive dyes could be used to harvest the power of the sun rather than our relying on costly and fragile semiconductor solar panel that use crystalline silicon. Writing in the International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management this month, Jongyun Moon and colleagues Aulis Tuominen and Arho Suominen, explain that... Read more
Rivers Flowing Into the Sea Offer Vast Potential as Electricity Source
May 2 | Posted by admin | Green World Tags: GreenA new genre of electric power-generating stations could supply electricity for more than a half billion people by tapping just one-tenth of the global potential of a little-known energy source that exists where rivers flow into the ocean, a new analysis has concluded. A report on the process — which requires no fuel, is sustainable and releases no carbon dioxide... Read more
Banana Peels Get a Second Life as Water Purifier
March 4 | Posted by admin | Green World Tags: GreenTo the surprisingly inventive uses for banana peels — which include polishing silverware, leather shoes, and the leaves of house plants — scientists have added purification of drinking water contaminated with potentially toxic metals. Their report, which concludes that minced banana peel performs better than an array of other purification materials, appears in ACS’s journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. Gustavo... Read more
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