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Green subsidies may have hidden costs, experts warn

Government subsidies for business practices and processes should be approached with caution, even when they seem to be environmentally friendly, writes a group of scientists and economists in this week's Policy Forum in the ...

Soda production process eliminates CO₂ emissions

Fraunhofer researchers and their partners have developed an innovative and eco-friendly method of producing soda, essential for a wide range of industries, in the Green Soda project. The process is based on bipolar electrodialysis ...

New technique streamlines early-stage battery development

From current on-road vehicles to future electrified aircraft, the safety and reliability of energy storage systems is critical across battery applications. Before entering the market, all battery systems undergo thorough ...

Getting to zero emissions: A call for unified energy planning

As competition between gas and electric utilities heats up due to clean energy-promoting policies that emphasize replacing gas with electricity, state regulators need to overhaul their approach to regulation, argue scholars ...

New cooling system works on gravity instead of electricity

Its abundance of sunlight and heavy investment in solar cell technology has positioned Saudi Arabia well in its transition to becoming a leading exporter of renewable energy. Indeed, solar energy currently makes up more than ...

Researcher wants to ensure AI doesn't ruin the environment

Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the world as we know it. It's been used for everything from health-care monitoring to writing speeches. But the technology's impact on the environment is becoming a serious concern.

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UK homeowners are reluctant to switch to low-carbon heating—research points to how to change their minds
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Report shows routes for recycling carbon dioxide and coal waste into useful products
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Britain's last coal-fired power station closes
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Organic supramolecular crystals with high hydrogen storage performance could enhance fuel-cell vehicle efficiency
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Engineering
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Engineering
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X-rays advance understanding of Earth's core-mantle boundary and super-Earth magma oceans
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New microchip captures exosomes for faster, more sensitive lung cancer detection from a blood draw
Polymers
Scientists develop novel method for strengthening PVC products
Condensed Matter
Hexagonal magnetic defects could lead to energy-efficient neuromorphic computing
Earth Sciences
Five-mile asteroid impact crater below Atlantic captured in 'exquisite' detail by seismic data
Nanomaterials
Fused molecules could serve as building blocks for safer lithium-ion batteries
Ecology
Sentinel-2 data reveal significant seasonal variations in intertidal seagrass
Evolution
Study suggests statistical 'noise' affects perceived evolutionary rates
Biotechnology
Cellular agriculture research manages to culture pork fat tissue on rye protein scaffolds
Space Exploration
Mercury's magnetic landscape mapped in 30 minutes
Social Sciences
People infer the past better than the future, study finds
Space Exploration
NASA's laser comms demo makes deep space record, completes first phase
Planetary Sciences
A new era of solar observation: International team produces global maps of coronal magnetic field
Evolution
Genetic database shows some fungal crops became completely reliant on ants 27 million years ago
Evolution
The true global impact of species-loss caused by humans is far greater than expected, study reveals
Planetary Sciences
Lunar mission data analysis finds widespread evidence of ice deposits
Astrobiology
2-billion-year-old rock could help understand very early life on Earth and the hunt for evidence of life on Mars
Quantum Physics
Physicists achieve strong coupling of Andreev qubits via microwave resonator
Optics & Photonics
Engineers create a chip-based tractor beam for biological particles
Ecology
Unique IDs for individual (digital) specimens from natural history museums streamline and future-proof science

Cooler transformers could help electric grid

Most people do not give the U.S. electric grid a second thought—we flip a switch, and the lights come on. Behind the scenes are thousands of power plants and utilities linked by millions of miles of transmission lines. ...