All across the United States, many households receive energy bills comparing their use to that of similar neighbors to remind them to use less energy.
Green Energy Nudges Come With a Hidden Cost
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Weighing up Trade-Offs Between Food Security and Climate Mitigation
IIASA researchers collaborated with colleagues in Japan to clarify the impacts of stringent climate mitigation policies on food security.
Families with a Higher Socioeconomic Position Have a Greater Risk of Exposure to Chemical Contaminants
A higher socioeconomic position is associated to greater exposure to several environmental chemical contaminants –such as various per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), mercury and arsenic– during pregnancy and childhood.
New Data Platform Illuminates History of Humans' Environmental Impact
The human environmental footprint is not only deep, but old.
Innovative Concept for Future It Applications: Physicists Discover New Type of Spin Waves
Advances in IT technologies are hampered by the ever increasing demand for energy and by fundamental limits on miniaturization.
A Late-Night Disco in the Forest Reveals Tree Performance
In 2017, the group from the Optics of Photosynthesis Lab (OPL) developed a new method to measure a small but important signal produced by all plants, and in this case trees.
