26.12.202023.12.2020 Fires also threaten Brazil’s second largest ecosystem It is not only in the Amazon that forests are burning: According to a study carried [...]
25.12.202023.12.2020 New energy conversion layer for biosolar cells Photosynthetic proteins can convert light energy into other forms of energy. Researchers want to make this [...]
21.12.202018.12.2020 Dynamics in the root zone More regions in Europe are at risk of nitrate leaching than previously thought Nutrient contamination of [...]
12.12.202012.12.2020 Pandemic brings record fall in global CO2 emissions The Global Carbon Project, of which LMU geographer Julia Pongratz is a leading member, reports an [...]
12.12.202011.12.2020 New transmission system makes electric cars more powerful, more efficient and potentially cheaper TU/e PhD candidate Caiyang Wei has developed a highly efficient automatic transmission system for electric vehicles. [...]
11.12.202011.12.2020 New fabrication method for perovskite solar cells promises to break the efficiency limit The direct solar-to-electricity conversion enabled by solar cells can play pivotal role in our future energy [...]
11.12.202010.12.2020 Green hydrogen: Large cost differences between regions and high transportation costs The costs for the production of green hydrogen show a high range worldwide. Germany does not [...]
08.12.202008.12.2020 Climate Change Exacerbates Biodiversity Loss Study in PNAS: Revised, post-2020 Biodiversity Targets Will Have to Consider Global Warming A considerable number [...]
08.12.202007.12.2020 Central Europe: Dry Aprils pave the way for summer droughts Researchers identify the causes of dry springs and describe their long-term consequences In the past 20 [...]
06.12.202005.12.2020 Study shows promising material can store solar energy for months or years As we move away from fossil fuels and shift to renewable energy to tackle climate change, [...]
05.12.202004.12.2020 Tipping point for the climate can already be a reality in East Asia The climate in inner East Asia may already have reached a tipping point, where recent years’ [...]
04.12.202004.12.2020 Watching the Arctic Thaw in Fast-forward The frozen permafrost in the Arctic is thawing on an alarming scale The frozen permafrost in [...]
01.12.202029.11.2020 Perovskite Solar Cells: paving the way for rational ink design for industrial-scale manufacturing For the production of high-quality metal-halide perovskite thin-films for large area photovoltaic modules often optimized inks [...]
30.11.202029.11.2020 How Stable is the Antarctic Ice Sheet? Scientists from Heidelberg University investigate which factors determine the stability of ice masses in East AntarcticaAs [...]
30.11.202029.11.2020 Research creates hydrogen-producing living droplets, paving way for alternative future energy sources Scientists have built tiny droplet-based microbial factories that produce hydrogen, instead of oxygen, when exposed to [...]
21.11.202020.11.2020 Which particulate air pollution poses the greatest health risk? Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, together with colleagues from several other European institutions, have [...]