Three ways your wardrobe could help you avoid fast fashion

Every wardrobe tells a story and reconnecting with the clothes you already own could reduce your need to buy more fast fashion. Here are three ways to fall back in love with your wardrobe.

Wendy Ward, PhD Candidate, Sheffield Hallam University • conversation
March 11, 2024 ~5 min

Why are farmers up in arms? The view from Wales

Green reforms are piling additional pressure on farmers struggling to make ends meet.

Alex Heffron, PhD Candidate in Geography, Lancaster University • conversation
March 8, 2024 ~7 min


Cheaper method removes harmful ‘forever chemicals’ from water

A new electrochemical approach can clean up pollution from "forever chemicals" found in clothing, food packaging, and more.

Luke Auburn-Rochester • futurity
March 6, 2024 ~5 min

Tests show high-temperature superconducting magnets are ready for fusion

Detailed study of magnets built by MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems confirms they meet requirements for an economic, compact fusion power plant.

David L. Chandler | MIT News • mit
March 4, 2024 ~13 min

Team turns electronic trash into gold

"The fact I love the most is that we're using a food industry byproduct to obtain gold from electronic waste."

Fabio Bergamin-ETH Zurich • futurity
March 1, 2024 ~5 min

The world’s business and finance sectors can do much more to reverse deforestation – here’s the data to prove it

A recently published report sheds light on how 350 big companies and 150 financial institutions are falling behind with goals to halt and reverse deforestation.

Mary Gagen, Professor of Physical Geography, Swansea University • conversation
March 1, 2024 ~7 min

Red meat cuts can benefit the climate and your lifespan

"...cobenefits for human and planetary health... can be achieved by making simple partial substitutions of red and processed meat..."

Keila DePape-McGill • futurity
Feb. 28, 2024 ~5 min

Study unlocks nanoscale secrets for designing next-generation solar cells

The work will help researchers tune surface properties of perovskites, a promising alternative and supplement to silicon, for more efficient photovoltaics.

David L. Chandler | MIT News • mit
Feb. 28, 2024 ~10 min


Algae could be key for better plant-based foods

Lots of plant-based foods have the flavor right but the texture wrong. New research finds that algae could help improve the "mouthfeel."

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Feb. 27, 2024 ~7 min

E-bike incentives are a costly way to cut carbon emissions, but they also promote health, equity and cleaner air

Many incentive programs promote e-bike use, but they aren’t necessarily targeting the right people for the right reasons.

Luke Jones, Professor of Economics, Valdosta State University • conversation
Feb. 27, 2024 ~9 min

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