Global warming increases the diversity of active soil bacteria
New findings enable more accurate prediction of the carbon cycle Warmer soils harbour a greater diversity [...]
Month: February 2024
Catholic bishops and the AfD
What can be done about the expulsion fantasies of AfD politicians? After all, the AfD in [...]
Hybrid Electricity and Heat Generation: Innovative Parabolic Trough Solar Module Being Developed at TU Graz
Solar rays focused on concentrator photovoltaic cells using parabolic mirrors not only supply electricity, but also [...]
Magnesium still has the potential to become an efficient hydrogen store
It is easy to be optimistic about hydrogen as an ideal fuel. It is much more [...]
First step towards synthetic CO2 fixation in living cells
Three modules forming a new-to-nature CO2 fixation cycle successfully implemented in E.coli Synthetic biology offers the [...]
Experiments show dramatic increase in solar cell output
Method for collecting two electrons from each photon could break through theoretical solar-cell efficiency limit. In [...]
Paderborn physicists develop new solar cell
Physicists at Paderborn University have used complex computer simulations to develop a new design for significantly [...]
UQ start-up to help solar farms power on
A tech start-up from The University of Queensland is set to make efficiencies in the renewable [...]
Please don’t hate the AfD
At some demonstrations against right-wing extremism, you can also see posters calling for hatred against the [...]
Electrification or hydrogen?
Both have distinct roles in the European energy transition A key step to achieving climate neutrality [...]
Increasing nitrogen fertilization could pollute rivers and worsen water scarcity
In the 2050s, one-third of the world’s rivers could be affected by water scarcity or be [...]
Japan and Germany on their way to the COP 28 energy goals?
At the last Climate Change Conference of the United Nations in Dubai, it was decided that [...]
Potential collapse of the Atlantic Ocean Circulation strongly affects European climate
“Climate impacts would be nearly irreversible on human timescales” Researchers from Utrecht University have successfully simulated [...]
Amazon rainforest at the threshold: loss of forest worsens climate change
The Amazon rainforest could approach a tipping point, which could lead to a large-scale collapse with [...]
Is the 1.5-degree target still achievable?
In 2023, the global average temperature was above 1.5 degrees for the first time all year [...]
Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible
When it comes to making fuel from plants, the first step has always been the hardest [...]