Creating a sustainable human age we actually want to live in.
A dual-layer fabric acts like clothes for vehicles, buildings, and even spacecrafts, regulating their temperature and reducing energy use.
Using a combination of electrochemistry and bacteria, one team has made a nylon building block from plant waste—cutting energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the process
3D-printed plastic channels coated with aluminum could harvest sunlight to split water without the need to track the sun
Using a new class of porous material, researchers designed a compact system that captures 50% of CO2 emissions from long-haul trucks—before it reaches the atmosphere.
Researchers conducted life-cycle comparisons based on actual rideshare data to find out. The short answer: the benefit is pretty small.
Soapstone, widely used in cooking appliances and countertops, could be an ideal low-cost material to store the sun’s heat for electricity
Lightweight and flexible, these solar cells could power airships and drones, or be easily integrated into electric vehicles and building facades
The latest evolution of the artificial leaf converts carbon dioxide and water into high-energy ethanol that can be directly used in car engines
“All you need to add is sugar and the cells do the rest” . . . enabling low-emissions manufacture of drugs and fuels
Whereas previous recycling techniques have focused on material redesign, this new technique works on today’s turbine blade materials
