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How Do Green Algae React to Carbon Nanotubes?
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are up to 100,000 times thinner than a human hair and as light as plastic. Despite this they have a higher tensile strength than steel, are harder than diamond and conduct electricity better than copper. These properties make CNTs...
Frustration Inspires New Form of Graphene
They’re the building block of graphite – ultra-thin sheets of carbon, just one atom thick, whose discovery was lauded in 2010 with a Nobel Prize in Physics. The seemingly simple material is graphene, and many researchers believe it has great potential...
Researchers Build Graphene And Tin Nanoscale Composite High Capacity Material Battery
Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have created a graphene and tin nanoscale composite material for high-capacity energy storage in renewable lithium ion batteries. By encapsulating...
Research Examines How to Apply Conductive Nanocoatings to Textiles
Imagine plugging a USB port into a sheet of paper, and turning it into a tablet computer. It might be a stretch, but ideas like this have researchers at North Carolina State University examining the use of conductive nanocoatings on simple textiles –...
Kenyan Paper Companies Cry Foul Over Unfair Competition From Other African Countries
Kenyan companies involved in converting paper into other products have cried foul over unfair competition from their counterparts in Tanzania, Egypt and Uganda, said the Kenya Association of Manufacturers chairman Jaswinder Bedi in Nairobi on Wednesday.
Metech Recycling Wins Approval As a Covered Electronics Recycler in Connecticut
Metech Recycling has become one of the first companies to be approved as a covered electronic recycler (CER) by Connecticut’s Department of Environmental Protection.
South Africa Introduces National Domestic Waste Collection
In a bid to sort out the unpleasantness sometimes experienced in household waste removal, South Africa will finally put into effect the long-awaited National Domestic Waste Collection. How People Arrived Here: domestic waste management in south africa,...
N’djamena Say’s No to Plastic Bags
N’djamena is a rarity in the region – the trees lining the Chad capital are not scarred by plastic bags. In supermarkets cashiers simply leave goods on the counter for the customer to take away, which many do in reusable bags, on offer everywhere...
