Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel

Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 13, 2025 ~5 min

AI is transforming the search for new materials that can help create the technologies of the future

Discovering new materials could drive forward areas such as green technology and advanced electronics.

Domenico Vicinanza, Associate Professor of Intelligent Systems and Data Science, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Feb. 10, 2025 ~9 min


Trump’s offshore wind energy freeze: What states lose if the executive order remains in place

Offshore wind power brings more than local, clean energy. It provides jobs, encourages innovation and boosts economic growth as supply chains develop.

Barbara Kates-Garnick, Professor of Practice in Energy Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Feb. 6, 2025 ~9 min

3 Questions: What the laws of physics tell us about CO2 removal

In a report on the feasibility of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, physicists say these technologies are “not a magic bullet, but also not a no-go.”

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Feb. 6, 2025 ~9 min

Tiny copper ‘flowers’ bloom on artificial leaves for clean fuel production

Tiny copper ‘nano-flowers’ have been attached to an artificial leaf to produce clean fuels and chemicals that are the backbone of modern energy and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 3, 2025 ~4 min

Electricity prices across Europe to stabilise if 2030 targets for renewable energy are met, study suggests

National targets for solar and wind power will see reliance on natural gas plummet, reducing electricity price volatility across Europe, with major

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 3, 2025 ~6 min

User-friendly system can help developers build more efficient simulations and AI models

By automatically generating code that leverages two types of data redundancy, the system saves bandwidth, memory, and computation.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Feb. 3, 2025 ~6 min

Smart carbon dioxide removal yields economic and environmental benefits

MIT study finds a diversified portfolio of carbon dioxide removal options delivers the best return on investment.

Mark Dwortzan | Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy • mit
Jan. 29, 2025 ~5 min


Toward video generative models of the molecular world

Starting with a single frame in a simulation, a new system uses generative AI to emulate the dynamics of molecules, connecting static molecular structures and developing blurry pictures into videos.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Jan. 23, 2025 ~8 min

How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue

The climate policy pendulum is swinging back again with Trump in office. Money, lobbying and talking about red vs. blue states all play a role in the political and public divide.

Joe Árvai, Director of the Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability | Professor of Psychology, Biological Sciences, and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
Jan. 22, 2025 ~12 min

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