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Campus Environment 2008: A National Report Card on Sustainability in Higher Education [PDF]

, 2008
Presents survey findings on national and regional trends among colleges in environmental leadership in management, academic courses in sustainability, and conservation efforts in operations.
David J. Eagan, Kenneth Gaalswyk, L. Julian Keniry, Mary McIntosh   +3 more
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Slight Truncation Changes in Iron Oxide Nanocubes Strongly Affect Their Magnetic Properties

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Subtle variations in nanoparticle morphology can lead to significant changes in functional properties. An automated shape‐fitting method captures minor differences in corner truncation between iron oxide nanocubes of similar sizes synthesized under identical conditions, revealing pronounced disparities in their magnetic and hyperthermia behavior ...
Kingsley Poon, Raúl López‐Martín, Verner Håkonsen, Nader Yaacoub, Francisco J. Terán, Alberto López Ortega, Jose A. De Toro, Gurvinder Singh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

INSURING HEAT RELATED RISKS IN AGRICULTURE WITH DEGREE-DAY WEATHER DERIVATIVES [PDF]

This paper presents a model and framework for pricing degree-day weather derivatives when the weather variable is a non-traded asset. The paper compares the options prices from the recommended model and compares it to a typical insurance-type model.Risk ...
Turvey, Calum G.
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From Single Atoms to Nanoparticles: Pathways Toward Efficient and Durable Pt/TiO2 Photocatalysts

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Platinum single atoms on TiO2 nanosheets evolve into clusters and nanoparticles under ethanol photoreforming and thermal treatments. By controlling deposition and post‐treatments, particle size and location on specific facets are modulated. The study reveals how stability pathways determine efficiency, guiding the design of more durable photocatalysts.
Juan José Delgado, Enqi Bu, Yaning Han, Carlos López‐Cartes, Mónica Calatayud, Huiyan Pan, Xiaowei Chen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal fragmentation of the energy demand in Europe: Impact of climate change on the maneuverability of energy system

Climate Services
The energy demand in Europe is projected to be affected by climate change in the future. The heating needs are expected to decrease while the cooling needs are expected to increase.The study investigates the impact of climate change on the temporal ...
Hajar Filahi, Hiba Omrani, Sandra Claudel, Philippe Drobinski   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shaping Ti3C2 MXene Nanospheres for Precision Near‐Infrared Photothermal Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In this study, we report producing spherical MXenes via fs laser fragmentation of Ti3C2 flakes in liquid medium. The nanoparticles demonstrated pronounced light absorption and high photothermal conversion efficiencies of 68% and 63% under heating with NIR‐I and NIR‐II lasers, respectively.
Julia S. Babkova, Ivan V. Zelepukin, Konstantin G. Shevchenko, Gleb V. Tikhonowski, Lyubov V. Gorelik, Anton A. Popov, Anna S. Sogomonyan, Alina Yu. Kapitannikova, Ivan S. Kazantsev, Dmitry V. Dyubo, Daria A. Panova, Daniil I. Tselikov, Anton A. Minnekhanov, Aziz B. Mirkasymov, Georgy A. Ermolaev, Alexander V. Syuy, Gleb I. Tselikov, Aleksey V. Arsenin, Andrei V. Kabashin, Kostya S. Novoselov, Sergey M. Deyev, Valentyn S. Volkov   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic development, air conditioning and adaptation to warming

Environmental Research Letters
Rising global temperatures increase the potential for heat-related adverse impacts, while economic growth, by enabling greater adoption of air conditioning, can help reduce them.
Alicia Wongel, Lyssa M Freese, Edgar Virgüez, Steven J Davis, Ken Caldeira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quasi‐Static to Supersonic Energy Absorption of Nanoarchitected Tubulanes and Schwarzites

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Nanoarchitected energy‐absorptive Tubulanes exhibit record energy absorption under quasi‐static conditions and exceptional inelastic energy dissipation under 750 m s−1 ballistics impact, with high performance spanning strain rates of 12 orders of magnitude.
Peter Serles, Alianna Maguire, Thomas Butruille, Jet Lem, Shuo Yang, Pedro Guerra Demingos, Sahar Choukir, Michel Haché, Boran Kumral, Katherine Jia, Charles Jia, Yu Zou, Chandra Veer Singh, Carlos M. Portela, Jun Lou, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Tobin Filleter   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Catalyst‐Free PLG Networks: Recyclability, Biodegradability, and Functional Performance

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A catalyst‐additive free covalent adaptable network is developed from star‐shaped poly(lactide‐co‐glycolide) cross‐linked with pyromellitic dianhydride, enabling internal carboxylic acid‐driven transesterification. The resulting biodegradable network exhibits mechanical robustness (Young's modulus ≈1.6 GPa), complete recyclability, rapid biodegradation
Lars Schwarzer, Emilia Fulajtar, Seema Agarwal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Regional Residential Energy Performance Using Degree Days

Buildings
This study proposes a climate-adjusted framework for evaluating regional residential energy performance by introducing Energy Consumption per Degree-Day (ECDD), an indicator that normalizes end-use energy consumption by climatic demand.
Akio Tanaka, Yutaka Tonooka, Yujiro Hirano   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source