Daily Science
Our team of science writers pore through stacks of the latest climate and sustainability science and bring you a hand-picked selection of the most compelling research from around the world, a compendium found nowhere else.
Technologists are figuring out how to make nylon green
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
Trying to save coral reefs? Think like a hedge fund manager.
With coral reefs in danger of disappearing, scientists say borrowing strategies from gamblers and investors could help.
The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act is bigger and more far-reaching than you think
In the most extensive analysis to date, researchers ran nine different models to estimate the IRA’s impacts on the U.S. energy system and economy.
Material scientists set out to beat plastic packaging on three fronts. They succeeded.
They've brewed up a plastic alternative that is transparent, nonabsorbent (i.e., won’t get soggy) and disappears in two months—and for a bonus, it’s edible.
A clever rooftop panel could make hydrogen fuel cheap—and commonplace
3D-printed plastic channels coated with aluminum could harvest sunlight to split water without the need to track the sun
Returning giant tortoises are helping recreate the Galapagos islands Darwin saw
Scientists are just beginning to discover the transformative power these herbivorous behemoths wield.
The media covers only a narrow slice of climate research—one that inspires fear over action
Climate change research is much more diverse than what the public hear from in the media, new study finds.
Two-thirds of fertilizer is lost to run-off. This invention could recycle it.
Researchers fine tune smart farming with an ingenious gel that senses nitrate waste from fertilizer runoff and transforms it into ammonia—to produce healthier crops.
Capturing carbon emissions on moving vehicles
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.
Big herbivores could help save the tundra from rising heat and shrinking ice—if they can survive themselves
Scientists in Greenland found that tundra vegetation fares better when caribou and muskoxen are around to dine on encroaching, heat-loving shrubs
