One World – One Environment – One Network
Photo.Synth.Etica has developed an algae-powered building cladding system that captures and stores carbon dioxide molecules and air pollutants. In another project, it extends the benefits of algae to keeping buildings cool. Photo.Synth.Etica, a collaborative...
Christmas trees abandoned after the festivities could be saved from landfill and turned into paint and food sweeteners. The trees have hundreds of thousands of needles, which emit huge quantities of greenhouse gases when...
Car sharing with autonomous vehicles could dramatically improve mobility in cities. Singapore is now pioneering in the field by exploring the potential of personalised, electrified and automated public transport. With 5.5 million inhabitants and...
Guadalajara, Mezitli, Milan, New York City and Wuhan are the winners of this year’s Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation. The awards emphasize the importance of city-to-city learning. Fifteen cities were shortlisted for the...
An iron molecule that can function both as a photocatalyst to produce fuel and in solar cells to produce electricity has been discovered. It could replace the more expensive and rare metals used today....
As much as 20 per cent of jet fuel burned in Norway in 2030 could be biofuel made from the country’s forest residues. This alone could cut greenhouse gas emissions from Norway’s aviation sector...
Remains from fisheries and other organic waste are set to power Hurtigruten’s fleet, as the world’s largest expedition cruise operator follows its ban on single-use plastics with another green milestone. After becoming the first...
MIT engineers have developed a heat-rejecting film that could be applied to a building’s windows to reflect up to 70 per cent of the sun’s incoming heat. Their invention could lower energy bills by...
Purple bacteria could turn wastewater treatment plants into zero-carbon fuel generators, says Frontiers in Energy Research. The new findings are the first reported use of photosynthetic microbes in a battery-like bioelectrochemical system. Organic compounds...
Many modern water purification methods rely on filters and chemicals that require regular replenishing or maintenance. However, with these methods unsuitable for people in areas with limited access to such materials, a promising new...
More efficient clean fuels could be within reach, thanks to new research that is helping commercialize the process of electrochemical CO2 conversion into clean fuel technologies. The technique is based on a laser that...
Light and small hydrogen storage units made of bamboo could promote the mobile use of fuel cells. Two researchers have developed a special process that enables them to chemically convert bamboo into gas storage....
Water used for washing hands usually goes down the drain. Now, an innovative system is helping reduce this wastage and prevent infectious diseases in developing countries by recycling handwashing water. Every year around four...
Environmental researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) have developed a novel mobile device for recording microplastics in surface waters. They call it the “Rocket”, a design with which depending...
In recent years, the car industry has increasingly worked on making vehicles more sustainable in terms of fuel type and consumption. A team from Finland has also focused on making the whole car more...
Logistics firm JD.com is launching a new research centre in Xiongan, China, which will focus on developing an underground logistics system in smart cities in China. Rapid urbanization in China is altering the environment,...
Heathrow Airport is offering a major incentive to the UK’s first electric commercial plane: free landing charges for one year. Worth nearly £1million, the prize is the latest in a suite of measures designed...
Smartphones can quickly become obsolete, leading to criticism of their environmental impact. However, increased repairability is less important than the psychology of the brand name when it comes to device sustainability, says a new...
The same week that the UN issued a dire warning on climate change, the Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to two Americans conducting ground-breaking research on sustainable economies, offering hope that solutions do...
Machine learning methods could more than double the number of environmental violations detected, says new research. The finding could prevent some of the worst effects of hurricanes. When Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina, it...
