How heating your home fuels climate change – and why government measures are failing to stop it

The UK trails European neighbours on replacing gas boilers with energy-efficient heat pumps.

Ned Lamb, Research Associate on Low-Carbon Energy Systems, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick • conversation
July 3, 2023 ~9 min

Your energy bills are finally about to go down – here's why

Even if your bill is falling, though, this may bring no sudden relief due to continued high inflation and interest rates.

Karen Turner, Professor and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde • conversation
June 29, 2023 ~6 min


I'm one of the UK's official climate change advisers – our new report says the country is no longer a world leader

This government has taken its foot off the throttle and the world has noticed.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
June 28, 2023 ~6 min

Euclid space mission is set for launch – here's how it will test alternative theories of gravity

The Euclid mission is preparing to launch on July 1.

Tessa Baker, Royal Society University Research Fellow, Reader in Cosmology, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
June 27, 2023 ~8 min

New type of computer memory could greatly reduce energy use and improve performance

Researchers have developed a new design for computer memory that could both greatly improve performance and reduce the energy demands of internet and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 23, 2023 ~5 min

Physicists discover a new switch for superconductivity

The results could help turn up unconventional superconducting materials.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 22, 2023 ~7 min

A new mathematical “blueprint” is accelerating fusion device development

New research explores how Dyson maps are putting quantum computers to work in designing fusion energy devices.

Plasma Science and Fusion Center • mit
June 22, 2023 ~5 min

Clean, sustainable fuels made ‘from thin air’ and plastic waste

Researchers have demonstrated how carbon dioxide can be captured from industrial processes – or even directly from the air – and transformed into clean,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 19, 2023 ~6 min


Engineering Schools Offer Money, View into Energy Crisis

VOA Learning English • voa
June 17, 2023 ~8 min

Limiting global warming to 2℃ is not enough -- why the world must keep temperature rise below 1℃

Temperature rise of more than 1℃ pushes us towards irreversible climate tipping points, yet Earth is 1.2℃ warmer than in pre-industrial times.

Christian Breyer, Professor of Solar Economy, Lappeenranta University of Technology • conversation
June 14, 2023 ~8 min

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