Research suggests that plastic pollution must be reduced by at least 5% every year to make progress towards UN targets by the end of the century.
Scientists looking to convert carbon dioxide into clean fuels and useful chemicals often make hydrogen gas and carbonates as unwanted byproducts.
In a May 15 paper released in the journal Physical Review Letters, Virginia Tech physicists revealed a microscopic phenomenon that could greatly improve the performance of soft devices, such as agile flexible robots or microscopic capsules for drug delivery.
More boiling means faster cooling, and when it comes to cooling equipment like nuclear reactors, every degree counts.
In the nearly 25 years since the U.S. Drought Monitor was created, its weekly maps of drought conditions nationwide—which help direct emergency federal aid—have captured the steady march toward the drier, hotter reality of climate change, according to a new Dartmouth-based study.
University of East Anglia researchers have made a significant breakthrough in ocular device technology with the introduction of a novel resin for 3D printing intraocular devices.
In Bulgaria, a famed rose harvest has come nearly a month early this year.
What if a common element rather than scarce, expensive ones was a key component in electric car batteries?
Study headed by the University of Bonn analyses 9,000 varieties of maize around the world.
A new peer-reviewed study from researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington; the University of Nevada, Reno; and Virginia Tech shows that climate change has led to decreased pollen production from plants and less pollen diversity than previously thought, which could have a significant impact on food production.
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