Eco-Friendly

Dutch supermarkets are increasingly shifting to white eggs instead of brown ones. The chickens that lay white eggs live longer, lay more eggs, are easier to keep, and require less feed, making them cheaper and more sustainable, Peter van Horne, poultry farming economist at Wageningen University, explained to the Telegraaf. “[Dutch] consumers are still a bit …

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Further enhancing the academic landscape at IIM Indore, the project introduces an MDC Academic Block and Incubation Center. Indian Institute of Management Indore, which inaugurated its new infrastructure development project worth Rs 432 crore, said that this project will not only set a new standard in eco-friendly campus development but also moves it closer to …

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The Arbor Day Foundation acknowledges the university’s beautification and conservation efforts. Arbor Day Foundation has recognized Missouri State University with the Tree Campus USA award for its dedication toward creating a nature friendly college experience for everyone on campus. This is the eighth consecutive year MSU has received this recognition. While MSU was recognized for planting an abundance …

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Photo Credit: globeecho Researchers in the UNC-Chapel Hill Chemistry Department are using semiconductors to harvest and convert the sun’s energy into high-energy compounds that have the potential to produce environmentally friendly fuels. In the paper, “Methyl Termination of p-Type Silicon Enables Selective Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction by a Molecular Ruthenium Catalyst,” published in ACS Energy Letters, the researchers …

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A startup working on decarbonizing cement poured its first commercial concrete Accounting for 8% of the world’s carbon emissions, traditional cement production heats limestone to over 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit to produce lime. But high-temperature kilns rely on fossil fuels, and limestone itself releases carbon dioxide in the process. Instead, startup Sublime’s electrolyzer uses electrochemical reactions …

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