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Artificial Photosynthesis Decoded:How Carbon Nitride Splits Water (and Enables Green Hydrogen) 
01.02.202501.02.2025

Artificial Photosynthesis Decoded:How Carbon Nitride Splits Water (and Enables Green Hydrogen) 

Scientists have long sought to understand the exact mechanism behind water splitting by carbon nitride catalysts. [...]
Flower power: lavender oil for longer-lasting sodium-sulfur batteries
31.01.202531.01.2025

Flower power: lavender oil for longer-lasting sodium-sulfur batteries

Nano-cages made of linalool and sulfur increase the service life and storage capacity of sodium-sulfur batteries. [...]
New protective coating can improve battery performance
29.01.202527.01.2025

New protective coating can improve battery performance

A research team at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has developed a new sustainable process that [...]
pesticide mixtures are present in soil and plants all year round
27.01.202527.01.2025

pesticide mixtures are present in soil and plants all year round

In conventional agriculture, synthetic chemical pesticides are used in various crops such as arable farming, vegetable [...]
Sea Surface Temperatures and Deeper Water Temperatures Reached a New Record High in 2024
11.01.202510.01.2025

Sea Surface Temperatures and Deeper Water Temperatures Reached a New Record High in 2024

A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has found that ocean warming in 2024 [...]
Global Atlas of H2 Potential: How will the international hydrogen economy develop in the future?
10.01.202511.01.2025

Global Atlas of H2 Potential: How will the international hydrogen economy develop in the future?

In the “HYPAT – H2 POTENTIAL ATLAS”, which was led by Fraunhofer ISI, nine research institutions [...]
Marked decrease in Arctic pressure ridges
07.01.202507.01.2025

Marked decrease in Arctic pressure ridges

Analysis of three decades of aerial survey data reveals major changes In the Arctic, the old, [...]
New study identifies causal links behind the increase in hot and dry extremes in Central Europe
04.01.202504.01.2025

New study identifies causal links behind the increase in hot and dry extremes in Central Europe

Hot extreme weather events in Central Europe are driven primarily by anomalous atmospheric patterns and soil [...]
Commonwealth Fusion Systems to Build World’s First Commercial Fusion Power Plant in Virginia
18.12.202418.12.2024

Commonwealth Fusion Systems to Build World’s First Commercial Fusion Power Plant in Virginia

CFS will independently finance, build, own, and operate the grid-scale fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, [...]
Electric cars and photovoltaics: environmental impact of important raw materials
18.12.202418.12.2024

Electric cars and photovoltaics: environmental impact of important raw materials

Study highlights health risks of technologically critical elements for the energy transition. The transition to low-emission [...]
One of world’s largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland
16.12.202415.12.2024

One of world’s largest glacier floods triggered in Greenland

For the first time, scientists have observed the release of a massive glacial lake outburst in [...]
AI predicts that most of the world will see temperatures rise to 3C much faster than previously expected
14.12.202414.12.2024

AI predicts that most of the world will see temperatures rise to 3C much faster than previously expected

Three leading climate scientists have combined insights from 10 global climate models and, with the help [...]
Biodiversity loss due to agricultural trade three times higher than thought
14.12.202413.12.2024

Biodiversity loss due to agricultural trade three times higher than thought

Exporting agricultural products from tropical regions to China, the USA, the Middle East, and Europe is [...]
A new biodegradable material to replace certain microplastics
11.12.202416.12.2024

A new biodegradable material to replace certain microplastics

MIT chemical engineers designed an environmentally friendly alternative to the microbeads used in some health and [...]
Stopping climate change protects human health – a major project helps to pool the knowledge
09.12.202409.12.2024

Stopping climate change protects human health – a major project helps to pool the knowledge

The moral obligation to protect people around the world against the climate crisis as best as [...]
Risk of a day without sea ice in the Arctic
09.12.202408.12.2024

Risk of a day without sea ice in the Arctic

The climate warms fastest in the Arctic. The sea ice there has become so thin that [...]
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New Material Is an Extreme Thermal Insulator

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Harvesting hot electrons could break solar panel barrier

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Polystyrene nanoplastics may threaten reproductive health and offspring development

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22.09.202622.09.2026

Planetary Health Check 2026 finds mounting pressures across Earth’s life support systems

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21.09.202621.09.2026

11 trillion tonnes lost since the 1970s: Ice sheet decline mainly due to accelerated glacier movement

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17.09.202617.09.2026

152 Solar Records Measured in 40 Years: Fraunhofer ISE’s CalLab Celebrates Anniversary

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