CU Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and nitrogen to produce a variety of plastics and fuels, a promising first step toward low-cost carbon sequestration and eco-friendly manufacturing for chemicals.

New insights about how to understand and ultimately control the chemistry of ignition behavior and pollutant formation have been discovered in research led by Sandia National Laboratories. 

Rarely does mention of the pharmaceutical industry conjure up images of smoke stacks, pollution and environmental damage.

DGIST researchers are getting closer to developing a material that delivers a one-two punch: recycling atmospheric carbon dioxide for the production of cleaner hydrocarbon fuels.

A broad class of materials called perovskites is considered one of the most promising avenues for developing new, more efficient solar cells.

On Alcatraz Island, five students from Princeton University peered across the San Francisco skyline from a solar rooftop.

A team of researchers from UMass Lowell, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and China Agricultural University in Beijing has developed a new, sustainable way of converting wet biological waste into diesel-compatible fuel, using heat and water.

The world’s largest offshore wind farm began operations this week in the North Sea.

Electric cars rely on the same lithium-ion battery technology that’s in smartphones, laptops and virtually everything electronic.

Wearable devices that harvest energy from movement are not a new idea, but a material created at Rice University may make them more practical.