Newly planted oil palm trees on a plantation in northern Colombia. Credit: Paul Furumo Knowing the steps is not the same thing as knowing how…
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[embedded content] The sharpest knives available are made of either steel or ceramic, both of which are man-made materials that must be forged in furnaces…
UMass Amherst researchers win NSF award to help re-envision the growing, selling and buying of coffee. Coffee, that savior of the underslept, comes with enormous…
Adaptavate is developing biodegradable plasterboard that is made using crop waste instead of gypsum. Credit: Adaptavate Researchers at the University of Bath are investigating whether…
Canyon Ferry Reservoir, part of the Upper Missouri River Basin. Credit: Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation released the Missouri River Headwaters Basin Study…
Global areas of importance for terrestrial biodiversity, carbon, and water and implications for prioritizing biodiversity and water protection over carbon. Credit: Adam Islaam | International…
A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign helps define the global relationship between sustainable agriculture and sanitation technology. Credit: Photo by L. Brian…
Tube furnace pyrolysis reactor. Credit: Aihui Chen, Xifeng Liu, Haibin Zhang, Hao Wu, Dong Xu, Bo Li and Chenxi Zhao Wood vinegar and tar fraction…
A global inventory has revealed that CO2 emissions from oil refineries were 1.3 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018 and could be as large as 16.5 Gt…
For the first time, Manganese complexes show the types of luminescent properties and photocatalytic behavior that were primarily associated with noble metal compounds until now.…
Can you imagine a world powered by 100% renewable electricity and fuels? It may seem fantasy, but a collaborative team of scientists has just shown…
New technology could help cities around the world improve people’s lives while saving billions of dollars. The free, open-source software developed by the Stanford Natural Capital Project creates maps…
The high temporal and spatial resolution Raman imaging technique opens opportunities to answer millennia-old questions regarding cement chemistry. This high-resolution Raman image shows the hydration…
Mario Kart gives players falling behind in the race the best power-ups, designed to bump them towards the front of the pack and keep them…
Plastics are one of the world’s largest polluters, taking hundreds of years to degrade in nature. A research team, led by YSE professor Yuan Yao…
Simple laboratory cultivation of cyanobacteria in aerated tubes. Credit: University of Tübingen Cyanobacteria Could Revolutionize the Plastic Industry Microbiologists at the University of Tübingen modify…
Bye-bye, burners. To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The goal is to electrify processes…
MIT today announced the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, which convenes influential industry leaders from a broad range of industries with the aim of vastly…
MIT researchers have found that installing charging stations on residential streets and along highways could lead to wider adoption of clean vehicles. Credit: Courtesy of…
Battery-Free Game Boy. Credit: Marcel Krijger, TU Delft A hand-held video game console allowing indefinite gameplay might be a parent’s worst nightmare. But this Game…