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

Toward sustainable decarbonization of aviation in Latin America

Special report describes targets for advancing technologically feasible and economically viable strategies.

Mark Dwortzan | Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy • mit
Jan. 21, 2025 ~6 min

Three ways to assess how Liverpool’s tidal energy plan will affect the environment

Environmental assessment methods involve trade-offs. Lean towards efficiency and risk missing crucial impacts. Wade too deep into fact finding and assessments become unfeasible.

Kenneth Kang, Senior Lecturer in Law, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
Jan. 20, 2025 ~7 min


How the UK’s plans for AI could derail net zero – the numbers explained

AI is disturbing the push to electrify vehicles, heating and other sectors running on fossil fuels.

Ian R. Hodgkinson, Professor of Strategy, Loughborough University • conversation
Jan. 16, 2025 ~6 min

Burning waste is a dirty way to generate power – but it’s the least bad alternative until we fix recycling

England plans to nearly double its number of waste incinerators.

Edward Randviir, Senior Lecturer in Green Chemistry, Manchester Metropolitan University • conversation
Jan. 13, 2025 ~7 min

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