Microfluidic processing could help to make a competitive printed photovoltaics industry a reality.
Earth and environment
Organic solar cell demonstrates 18% power conversion
A molecule-thick material is opening doors for the advancement of flexible and recyclable organic solar cells.
Scientists urge crackdown on air pollution to help the heart
Can the Australian bushfires and global pandemic convince us to change our ways?
Direct air capture trains
What if the energy released when freight trains slow or stop could be applied to carbon capture technology?
What do carbon capture and beer bubbles have in common?
Understanding how bubbles form is vital to both producers and consumers of the world’s most popular alcoholic beverage.
The biodegradable battery
Researchers build a biodegradable mini-capacitor that consists of carbon, cellulose, glycerin, and table salt — and it works reliably.
New insulation material can enable more efficient electricity distribution
A new conjugated polymer provides opportunity to improve insulating materials around high-voltage cables for more efficient power transmission.
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.
Global warming is threatening animal cognition
With increasing heatwaves, wild animals’ ability to process and respond to environmental information may become compromised.
Climate finance today has greater reach, but more private influence
As climate finance becomes increasingly private and debt-based, both risk slowing long-term decarbonization and a shift of power away from government toward market actors.
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