Canberra, May 10 : Australian scientists have developed a process that can pave the way for lighter, stronger concrete, with a smaller greenhouse footprint, by utilising the waste “fly-ash” from coal-fired power stations.

Developed by researchers at the University of NSW (New South Wales), the new process has the potential to capture all of the 14 million tonnes of ash particles churned out each year by Australian energy plants and turn them into a form of aggregate, which bonds with cement.

According to Dr Obada Kayali, a civil engineering lecturer at the Australian Defence Force Academy and the University of NSW, “The environmental benefits are enormous, really huge, because you are looking at a much smaller volume of cement per cubic metre.”

Canberra, May 9: An Indian environmentalist has warned that the Nargis cyclone that devastated Burma is a “sign of things to come”, as climate change caused extreme weather to increase in intensity.

According to a report in The Australian, Sunita Narain, director, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), has warned that destructive cyclones were likely to occur more often unless nations sped up their efforts to curtail the emission of greenhouse gases.

Canberra, May 5 : A new research has determined that drought-perennial pastures can help to reduce greenhouse emissions by helping soils to soak up carbon.

Canberra, April 30 : Australian researchers have come a step closer to turning plants into ‘biofactories’ capable of producing oils which can be used to replace petrochemicals used to manufacture a

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Canberra, April 23 : Astronomers have found a mysterious clan of icy objects in th