New design in lithium-air battery aims to get more electric vehicles on the road.
The best way to study a lake? Float on top of it
The LéXPLORE floating laboratory in Switzerland is providing unique insights into the changing environment of Lake Geneva.
Methane on Enceladus could be a possible sign of life
Is life bubbling under the surface of Saturn’s ocean moon?
Getting renewable ethers on the road
Clean-burning synthetic fuels made from renewable ethers could replace carbon-based fuels and contribute to a cyclic carbon economy.
Nitrous oxide – Not a laughing matter
Nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas, is often forgotten when considering major greenhouse gases.
Direct air capture trains
What if the energy released when freight trains slow or stop could be applied to carbon capture technology?
Waste not want not with sustainable fertilizer
A new approach to the synthesis of sustainable ammonia and urea uses food waste and brown water as feedstocks.
Pioneers in Science: Milutin Milanković
The grandfather of climate science, Milanković’s theory of a complex feedback loop–driven climate would come to define the field.
Earth Day 2021: How technology is helping to fight the climate crisis
Seven emerging technologies that could help to mitigate the most devastating effects of climate change.
Oxygen biosignature alone does not indicate life on other planets
Oxygen is a promising exoplanet biosignature, but several scenarios exist in which a lifeless, rocky planet could evolve to have non-biological oxygen in its atmosphere.