Creating a sustainable human age we actually want to live in.
A small but growing group of researchers and physicians working to quantify the environmental impact of healthcare—and to reduce that impact without compromising patient care.
"If you want a table, then you should just grow a table,” they say
The latest research team to tackle the question thinks it is. Their key insight: a lot of current energy use isn’t really contributing to human well-being
The major determinant of the environmental footprint of Internet activities: video, especially high-definition video, a new study reveals.
Taking advantage of bacteria's voracious appetite for organic materials, an engineering team devised a new twist on microbial fuel cells
Coupled with solar power, this new technology could provide lighting for skyscrapers and power for infrastructure monitoring systems, among other energy needs.
Based on a strategy for transporting organs for transplant patients, the method doesn’t ruin food by turning it into solid ice
Researchers have now found a way to turn these plastics into foam that can be used for building insulation or flotation devices
A team calculated that a decarbonized world could lose 9.5 million fossil fuel jobs—and gain a whopping 17.4 million renewable jobs.