Advanced Science News
Sustainability
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A trip to Oz and a peak behind the curtain of magnesium batteries
Magnesium batteries promise to replace the lithium-ion battery, but there remain certain challenges and open questions in this field of research.
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How can industry achieve net-zero?
Researchers look at how industries and governments can work together to bring down carbon emissions.
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Ecoacoustics: A new way to survey freshwater ecosystems
Freshwater ecologists are becoming interested in noninvasive surveying techniques, such as ecoacoustics, to gather crucial data and plan conservation efforts.
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“Untapping” tap water consumption in Europe
Making Europe go from bottled water to the tap will require political and societal attempts to induce behavioral change to mitigate the...
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Greenhouse gas emissions show sharp decline due to pandemic
Around the world, cities and regions are showing significant drops in pollution and greenhouse gas levels.
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Using computational screens to identify 2D materials for battery anodes
Computational screens allow researchers to efficiently determine how different elemental combinations can alter material properties to quickly identify 2D materials for next...
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Delivering climate change action with results
There has been a growing interest in delivering action with results on the ground, which is shaping how cities and urban areas...
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Creating better models for offshore wind turbines
Dutch researchers develop a new computational model that could help turbine designers manage large uncertainties in wind and wave behavior.
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A fail-safe to keep batteries from catching fire
A "spillway" for electrons could keep lithium metal batteries from catching fire.
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How global datasets can advance our understanding of a rapidly changing world
Researchers have created and structured a collection of freely accessible global datasets to support future studies on floods, droughts, and their interactions...