Sustainability

The imminent environmental crisis calls for an urgent transition to a green economy. A team of scientists at Nagoya University, Japan, led by Professor Susumu Saito, has recently found an interesting way to make this happen -- by leveraging an important metabolic pathway in living cells. Their aim w more

A research team from the Fraunhofer Society and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) led by chemist Volker Sieber has developed a new polyamide family which can be produced from a byproduct of cellulose production – a successful example for a more sustainable economy with bio-based materials. Po more

In order to overcome the climate crisis, two measures are required: The reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and removal of CO2 from the earth atmosphere. The latter is the goal of Tobias Erb's research group at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg. Their approach more

Energies, Vol. 11, Pages 1704: A Relational Analysis Model of the Causal Factors Influencing CO2 in Thailand’s Industrial Sector under a Sustainability Policy Adapting the VARIMAX-ECM Model Energies doi: 10.3390/en11071704 Authors: Pruethsan Sutthichaimethee Kuskana Kubaha Sustainab more

by Apichai Wattanapisit, Udomsak Saengow, Chirk Jenn Ng, Sanhapan Thanamee, Nonthakorn Kaewruang Pokémon GO becomes the most rapidly downloaded mobile application in history. This study aimed to determine the physical activity of medical students, who played Pokémon GO, and the change in their us more

Energies, Vol. 11, Pages 1680: Harvesting and Baling of Pruned Biomass in Apple Orchards for Energy Production Energies doi: 10.3390/en11071680 Authors: Arkadiusz Dyjakon Pruning residues belong to the agricultural wastes generated in the agro-food processing sector, whose energetic p more