Solar Thermal Power technologies offer much promise for satisfying global and local energy needs. Concentrated Solar Power systems, interested us the most, since they use reflective or refractive optics to focus incoming direct sunlight onto an absorber, or receiver which …
The anthropogenic marine noise pollution is a serious problem on the rise that poses a great threat to marine wildlife. The Northern Atlantic right whale is critically endangered and fully dependent upon the noisy U.S. east coast, where current protection …
This study focuses on capability of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes C70 to degrade phenol and salicylate. These persistent and toxic aromatic compounds may reach to the environment as pollution from industries or as a result of oil pollution. Strain C70 has a …
Particulate matter (PM) is a type of air pollution that is generated by a variety of human activities, can travel long distances in the atmosphere and causes a wide range of diseases and a significant reduction of life expectancy in …
Contemporary organic waste disposing method is buried it underground which accounts for environmental hazards such as polluting the air, water and ground. The “black-solider” fly is species that does not harm humans, animals or crops. The larvae feed on non-fibrous …
Pollution, lack of arable lands and low global water availability are some of the main problems which the farming process faces nowadays. Our solution is inspired by aeroponics, a method whereby plants grow thanks to a nutritive fog, and vertical …
Palaeontology is mostly associated with dinosaurs. Of course, overlords of early continents can affect our imagination, but only few people realize that occurrence of huge reptiles was very short part of the life timeline. For the most time of its …
ShealS project aimed to create a natural fungicide based on algae extracts to control Phytophthora cinnamomi, a microorganism that does not react to any commercially available fungicide and is included in the list of the 100 most harmful phytopathogens worldwide. …
Environment
Fish-O-Matic
The concept of our project is to imitate and fully automate a closed circle as in nature. We start with an aquarium with some fish. Instead of filtering the aquarium with a classic filter system we use a vegetable garden …