Ammonia (NH3), one of the most ubiquitous industrial chemicals, is required for the manufacturing of nitrogenous fertilizer and has the potential to be a next-generation green fuel.
A team of researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has invented a new type of self-cleaning, hybrid membrane that gives a solution to key issues that have hitherto hindered desalination methods.
Researchers in China have created fibers that are six times more durable than the Kevlar used in bulletproof vests by genetically modifying silkworms to produce spider silk.
On the way towards climate neutrality, Europe will need large amounts of lithium for battery storage systems. So far, however, its share in the worldwide lithium extraction volume has been one percent only.