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Faith Osier: “Throw yourself wholeheartedly into what you do”
With research groups spread over two continents, Osier is striving to eliminate malaria through her groundbreaking work in immunology, advocacy and awareness.
Measuring computers’ carbon footprint with “Green Algorithms”
A new, open-source platform allows scientists to easily measure the carbon footprint of their computations.
Hidden gems in materials discovery: Healing our climate with barite
Many groundbreaking materials find their origins as rediscovered gems buried deep within the dusty archives, and barite could be one of them.
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.
Ingenuity makes its first controlled flight on Mars
NASA makes history with the first demonstration of controlled flight on another planet.
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.
Green-sky science aims to bring us closer to net-zero aviation
The race is on to scale down the cost of sustainable aviation fuel production technologies and scale up production capacity.
Does responsible climate leadership include research into solar geoengineering?
Very little is known about the effects of solar geoengineering interventions, and many researchers agree that research as well as deployment should be carefully governed.
Building new reservoirs can have unexpected consequences on water security
Any discussion about the role of new reservoirs must focus on the creation of new unsustainable demand.
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