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Hybrid Electricity and Heat Generation: Innovative Parabolic Trough Solar Module Being Developed at TU Graz
23.02.202423.02.2024

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
22.02.202420.02.2024

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
21.02.202421.02.2024

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
21.02.202421.02.2024

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
21.02.202421.02.2024

Paderborn physicists develop new solar cell

Physicists at Paderborn University have used complex computer simulations to develop a new design for significantly [...]
Potential collapse of the Atlantic Ocean Circulation strongly affects European climate
15.02.202415.02.2024

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
15.02.202415.02.2024

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 [...]
Carbon removal on climate plantations: only a fraction of the feasible would also be sustainable
06.02.202406.02.2024

Carbon removal on climate plantations: only a fraction of the feasible would also be sustainable

A study in the top journal Science identifies potentials, and warns that the fight against global [...]
This adaptive roof tile can cut both heating and cooling costs
31.01.202429.01.2024

This adaptive roof tile can cut both heating and cooling costs

bout half of an average American building’s energy consumption is spent on heating and cooling. That’s [...]
Launch of Solid-State Battery Project – Prototypes within Two Years
31.01.202430.01.2024

Launch of Solid-State Battery Project – Prototypes within Two Years

Significantly higher storage capacity, safer operation and durability: this is what industry and research expect from [...]
Transforming food systems could create multi-trillion dollars of economic benefits every year
30.01.202429.01.2024

Transforming food systems could create multi-trillion dollars of economic benefits every year

Transforming food systems around the world would lead to socio-economic benefits summing up to 5 to [...]
How climate tipping elements interact
29.01.202428.01.2024

How climate tipping elements interact

Beyond 2°C of global warming, the risk of one climate tipping element triggering other tipping processes [...]
Bulky additives could make cheaper solar cells last longer
20.01.202419.01.2024

Bulky additives could make cheaper solar cells last longer

Findings could help engineers methodically find best molecules to increase lifespan of perovskite solar cells, rather [...]
Insect populations flourish in the restored habitats of solar energy facilities
19.01.202419.01.2024

Insect populations flourish in the restored habitats of solar energy facilities

In less than five years, insect abundance tripled. Two solar facilities built on rehabilitated agricultural land [...]
Capturing greenhouse gases with the help of light
16.01.202414.01.2024

Capturing greenhouse gases with the help of light

Researchers at ETH Zurich are developing a new method to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. It [...]
Effects of extreme drought are underestimated worldwide
12.01.202410.01.2024

Effects of extreme drought are underestimated worldwide

An international research team including a Bayreuth scientist and her research group has investigated the links [...]
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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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11 trillion tonnes lost since the 1970s: Ice sheet decline mainly due to accelerated glacier movement

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