Parasites serve critical ecological roles, like regulating wildlife, and yet are mostly left out of conservation activities and research.
Environment
Cellulose could play an important role in future green electronics
Cellulose-based energy storage devices could provide a viable solution to creating sustainable, inexpensive electronics.
The significance and influence of personal experience when climate change comes home
What is the nature, psychological significance, and issue engagement influence of personal experience when it comes to climate change?
How power systems can be operated using only renewable power generation
Implementing fully-inverter-based power systems on a large scale may be possible using wind and solar power.
Reflecting sunlight to cool the planet could cause other unintended global changes
Scientists model the effects of spraying aerosols into the stratosphere and discover some unintended consequences.
Predicting solute transport in surface and subsurface water
Pollutant transport in water bodies is a complex process — computational models called FADEs provide an accurate modelling solution.
Smart windows that self-illuminate on rainy days
A new filter structure that expands and contracts as moisture levels change provides the first steps in create humidity-responsive smart windows.
Nature’s antifreeze provides formula for more durable concrete
A bio-inspired addition to concrete stops the damage caused by freezing and thawing.
Making water-splitting for hydrogen storage 50 times more efficient
Experiments find the sweet spot for surface area and bubble trapping to create more efficient water-splitting devices.
Chemical recycling of plastic waste provides useful feedstock
Chemical transformation of waste plastics into value-added chemicals can be a convenient avenue to supplement current recycling processes.
Water, reciprocity, and the anthropocene in the Himalayas
In the Himalayas, where the ontology of water is not always premised on the creations of boundaries between nature and culture, the condition of water, whether abundant or scarce, has key implications for cultural life.
Using bacteria to separate oil and water
A sustainable technique for cleaning polluted water.
Talking CO2 in the midst of a pandemic
The Story of CO2: Big Ideas for a Small Molecule
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