A new design for vanadium redox flow batteries could help fundamental research and accelerate commercialization of this energy storage technology.
Earth and environment
Invasive species: Can we learn to live with them?
Scientists need a new way to manage the increasing number of invasive species that cannot be stopped.
Research priorities to support local climate policy
Growing momentum for decentralized climate policy and the falling costs of low‐carbon technologies are creating new climate change mitigation opportunities for subnational actors.
The bricks and mortar of energy storage
Researchers store energy in red bricks, providing a low-cost battery alternative to power a home.
Ion-Pump Photovoltaics
Inspired by nature, researchers create a new kind of photoelectric generator based on a bacterial ion pump.
Carbon capture using processed milk
Researchers have created a high performance and selective activated carbon from the dairy industry’s excess milk for scalable carbon capture.
Computer simulations of organic materials for next-generation batteries
Computer simulations provide a better means of optimizing, predicting, and understanding experimental observations in the search for new battery materials.
Understanding the impact of climate change on sub-arctic groundwater
Permafrost thaw is impacting the availability of North American water resources. To manage this precious resource, guidelines for using new investigative tools are needed.
Decline in carbon-intensive arrangements can help mitigate climate change
Deliberate decline in carbon-intensive practices is currently taking shape as a new way to confront climate change.
No longer just solar sharing: Bringing agrivoltaics to the next level
Semi-transparent solar cells allow plants and solar energy to be efficiently generated on the same crop land.
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