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Scientists Stumble on New Way to ‘Hack’ Photosynthesis For Renewable Energy
A "mind-blowing" discovery in the early stages of photosynthesis has been discovered by scientists that could help improve the efficiency of renewable energy technologies.
While...
8th Annual Ocean Conference Raises $20 Billion, And Pledges For Marine Protection
By Elizabeth Claire Alberts
International delegates attending the eighth annual Our Ocean Conference in Panama March 2-3 have pledged billions to protect the world’s oceans....
Once Devastated Pacific Reefs See Amazing Rebirth, Recovering With ‘Shocking Speed’
As remote as they were beautiful, the coral reefs around the 5 volcano tips making up the Southern Line Islands dazzled National Geographc explorers...
100% Hydrogen-Powered Jet Engine Successfully Tested by EasyJet and Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce and easyJet yesterday confirmed they have set a new aviation milestone with the world’s first run of a modern jet engine on green...
Magnificent Picture of Ape Cuddling Another Species is Finalist in Wildlife Photographer of the Year – SEE Photos
In a photograph that won Christian Ziegler "Highly Commended Image" at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest, a bonobo ape appears to be...
Engineers Turn Water into Carbon-Neutral Jet Fuel Using Solar Radiation
A carbon-neutral synthesis of kerosene, or jet fuel, has been produced by scientists, made by combining sunlight with water.
5% of human emissions are generated...
Artificial Photosynthesis Can Produce More Food in the Dark Than With Sunshine
Photosynthesis has evolved in plants for millions of years to turn water, carbon dioxide, and the energy from sunlight into plant biomass and the...
Scientists Discover Breakthrough Method of Making Advanced Electronics With H20
Water is the secret ingredient in a simple way to create key components for solar cells, X-ray detectors and other optoelectronics devices.
The next generation...
Portable Wind Turbine Fits in Your Backpack to Charge All Your Electronics – And Only Adds 3 Lbs
Meet the portable wind turbine for campers, RVers, backpackers, wilderness researchers, or anyone who needs a bit of USB power in the great outdoors.
Weighing...
Bronx Housing Complex Comes With Giant Machine Stomach to Turn All Food Waste Into Fertilizer
A new community housing development in the Bronx will feature a cool piece of kit: an on-site aerobic digester that can turn 1,100 pounds...
Facebook, Google, Stripe, Shopify Investing a Billion Dollars in Pre-Orders for Captured Carbon
Four gargantuan tech companies have put together a $1.2 billion fund to pull carbon out of the atmosphere with a unique model that could...
Methane-Eating Bacteria Converts Greenhouse Gas to Fuel (And Could Clean-up Fracking Sites)
Methanotrophic bacteria consume 30 million metric tons of methane per year and have captivated researchers for their natural ability to convert the potent greenhouse...
New Plant-Derived Sustainable ‘Plastic’ is Tough as Bone and Hard as Aluminum
The strongest part of a tree lies not in its trunk or its sprawling roots, but in the walls of its microscopic cells.
A single...
Giant Floating Solar Panel Flowers Replace Coal in Korea and Become Tourist Destination
South Korea's total land surface is not large. Instead of clearing what little real estate there is for renewable energy projects, 92,000 solar panels...
This Bubbly Blue Soda Gets its Color From the Sea – and Captures CO2 With Every Batch
Dutch food scientists have created a bright turquoise soda made from a kind of algae which absorbs more carbon than it emits through the...
Iconic Pink Flamingos Are Coming Back and Standing Tall in Florida
Once extirpated from Florida such that it lost its status as a native species, the American Flamingo is being sighted again in the state's...
Beavers Saved From Euthanasia Transform and Replenish Rivers in the Utah Desert
Beavers and their dams can positively impact essentially any environment they're placed in, even the scorching heat of the Moab Desert in Utah. And...
How This Bouncy Castle Cleans the Air and Gobbles CO2 While You Jump
While nations announced pledges to do more to prevent climate change, one announcement at COP26 was rather more playful.
An inflatable bouncy castle, or what...
Batteries of the Future Set to be Cheaper and Better – Thanks to Sugar
Simply by adding sugar, researchers from the Monash Energy Institute have created a longer-lasting, lighter, more sustainable rival to the lithium-ion batteries that are...
CRISPR Gene-Editing Experiment Partly Restores Vision In Legally Blind Patients
A lot of work is being done in the fields of CRISPR gene-editing, and recently the revolutionary therapy was used to partially restore the...