23.11.202221.11.2022 A world map of plant diversity Why are there more plant species in some places than in others? Why is diversity highest [...]
19.11.202218.11.2022 2-in-1 Thin-film Photovoltaics Paired for Higher Performance ZSW combines perovskite with CIGS to build a tandem solar module with 21+ percent efficiency Highly [...]
15.11.202214.11.2022 A novel concept for photovoltaics developed at TU Dresden The group of Prof. Yana Vaynzof at the Integrated Center for Physics and Photonic Materials (IAPP) [...]
12.11.202212.11.2022 Biodegradable microplastics in soils cause CO₂ emissions to rise Biodegradable microplastic particles in soils can lead to an increased rise in CO₂ emissions to the [...]
12.11.202211.11.2022 Hydrogen-producing rooftop solar panels nearing commercialization KU Leuven researchers have developed rooftop panels that capture both solar power and water from the [...]
11.11.202211.11.2022 Bridging periods of reduced sunlight and peak loads in a climate-neutral way using salt Together with stakeholders from industry and research, DLR has developed a storage system that can be [...]
03.11.202202.11.2022 Blind spots in the monitoring of plastic waste KIT researchers and partners suspect that much more plastic is transported in flowing waters than previously [...]
02.11.202202.11.2022 Global Collaboration is Key to Saving Billions for Solar Module Production Study published in Nature quantifies for the first time past and future country cost savings to [...]
31.10.202231.10.2022 More methane from Siberia in summer What happens in the vast permafrost regions of the Arctic when the atmosphere heats up more [...]
26.10.202225.10.2022 Tandem solar cells with perovskite: nanostructures help in many ways By the end of 2021, teams at HZB had presented perovskite silicon tandem solar cells with [...]
21.10.202220.10.2022 Beaming Clean Energy From Space Once considered science fiction, technology capable of collecting solar power in space and beaming it to [...]
15.10.202214.10.2022 High temperatures exacerbated by climate change made 2022 Northern Hemisphere droughts more likely Western Central Europe, North America, China, and other parts of the Northern Hemisphere faced water shortages, [...]
15.10.202214.10.2022 Propane-based Refrigeration Circuit for Heat Pumps Achieves New Efficiency Record Currently heat pump manufacturers are mainly focusing on cost reductions and sustainable refrigerants. In the project [...]
11.10.2022 Flexible solar cells with record efficiency of 22.2% One year after announcing an efficiency record, Empa scientists have achieved a new mark of 22.2% [...]
11.10.202211.10.2022 Sustainable and climate-neutral: Transforming waste into hydrogen How can pure hydrogen be produced in a climate-neutral process, independent of solar radiation or wind [...]
10.10.202209.10.2022 Arctic Ocean: Greater Future acidification in summer A new study predicts that climate change could shift and intensify the seasonal acidification of the [...]