Cellulose Instead of Crude Oil: Researchers Develop Sustainable Foam
Foam materials are widely used in automotive, household, mechanical engineering, and leisure sports sectors. However, conventional production relies heavily on crude oil, causing negative environmenta...
[2025-11-20]
Monash University Research Shows Cities Are Not Yet Prepared for the Social and Economic Impacts of Robots
A Monash University research team has published a major study in the Journal of Asian Public Policy, pointing out that several Asian cities with high robot density have failed to keep pace with the ra...
[2025-11-20]
Fraunhofer ISE and Partners Use Phase-change Materials to Reduce Energy Consumption
Water is widely used as a heat transfer medium. Now, in the Optimus project, researchers at Fraunhofer ISE are working with industrial partners to develop high-storage-density phase-change material (P...
[2025-11-20]
Australian Researchers Create Chickpea Pangenome, Paving the Way for Higher Yields and Sustainable Production
Researchers at the Centre for Crop and Food Innovation (CCFI) at Murdoch University have achieved a major breakthrough by generating the first pangenome specifically for Australian chickpea varieties,...
[2025-11-20]
Russia's Gubkin University Develops Eco-friendly Aviation Fuel Technology from Lignocellulosic Biomass
Scientists at Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University) have developed a technology to produce environmentally friendly aviation fuel from lignocellulosic raw mater...
[2025-11-20]
West Virginia University Develops Novel Fuel Cell to Power Green Transformation of Modern Grids
To build a modern grid capable of flexibly handling fluctuating renewable energy from solar, wind, and other sources, engineers at West Virginia University have achieved a major breakthrough: a revers...
[2025-11-19]
Carnegie Mellon University Achieves Breakthrough in Non-invasive Brain-computer Interface
A major breakthrough in brain-computer interface (BCI) research at the intersection of advanced equipment manufacturing and biomedical engineering brings new hope to more than one billion people world...
[2025-11-19]
Scientists Develop Nitrogen-doped Carbon Quantum Dots via Microwave-assisted Synthesis for Wood Protection and Functional Modification
A research team led by Professor Cao Jinzhen from Beijing Forestry University has used a microwave-assisted method to synthesize nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots (CQDs). By adjusting the ratio of ca...
[2025-11-19]
U.S. Plans "Fly Factory" in Texas to Combat Screwworm and Protect Cattle
The U.S. government plans to open a "fly factory"-like facility by the end of this year and announced on Wednesday that it will breed hundreds of millions of flies in Texas near the Mexican border t...
[2025-11-19]
Chinese Scientists Propose "Dual-track" Strategy to Break Carbon Reduction Deadlock
On July 2, Tianjin University announced that Professor Jin Chao from the School of Environmental Science and Engineering and Professor Liu Haifeng from the School of Mechanical Engineering, together w...
[2025-11-19]