The future is electric
As early as 1921, Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his explanation [...]
Month: September 2026
Solar farms around Gobi Desert may cut northern China dust pollution by 14% by 2060
Modeling shows expanding solar installations to meet China’s 2060 carbon neutrality target could reduce springtime airborne [...]
Towards a ‘Solar Olympics’ in 2036 or later
This Saturday, a decision was made in Baden-Baden regarding Germany’s participation in one of the Olympic [...]
Are petrol prices more important than 16,300 heat-related deaths?
The Robert Koch Institute estimates that in the summer of 2026, around 16,300 people in Germany [...]
Fruity Flavors for Greener Solar Cells
Fascinating findings: Researchers from the REC² Excellence Cluster at TUD Dresden University of Technology and IFW [...]
Coal-powered economic growth linked to rising urban air pollution and deaths in India
Research led by the University of Oxford has found that rapid economic growth brought major gains [...]
Renewables Gain Ground, but Must Accelerate Towards the 2030 Goal
Despite a record growth in 2025, the world must build more renewable power capacity in 2026-2030 [...]
Businesses see EU green transition as driver of competitiveness
Claims that the EU must weaken environmental rules to remain competitive are not supported by Europe’s [...]
New Material Is an Extreme Thermal Insulator
Researchers have engineered a new material that is an extreme thermal insulator, is exceptionally stiff, and [...]
Harvesting hot electrons could break solar panel barrier
Physics predicts that no more than 33 percent of the solar energy that falls on a [...]
Humans or AI? Who or what can scam you more effectively?
BYU research finds AI knows how to use a personal touch to dupe people A text [...]
The WorldRiskReport 2026
Every year millions of people worldwide suffer from disasters in the aftermath of extreme natural events. [...]
Polystyrene nanoplastics may threaten reproductive health and offspring development
Plastic pollution is increasingly being recognized as more than an environmental problem. Tiny plastic particles can [...]
Planetary Health Check 2026 finds mounting pressures across Earth’s life support systems
21.09.2026 – Seven breached Planetary Boundaries continue to worsen as record ocean heat, droughts, floods, wildfires [...]
11 trillion tonnes lost since the 1970s: Ice sheet decline mainly due to accelerated glacier movement
The longest satellite record ever assembled shows that Greenland and Antarctica have lost about 11 trillion [...]
The Triumph of the Sun
Once again this year, the cry of “O’zapft is” rang out in Munich. Yet on a [...]