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A device to convert plastic waste into fuel
02.08.202502.08.2025

A device to convert plastic waste into fuel

As tons of plastic waste continue to build up in landfills every day, Yale researchers have [...]
Electric vehicle batteries – Prioritize reuse before recycling
31.07.202531.07.2025

Electric vehicle batteries – Prioritize reuse before recycling

A research team has compared different approaches to utilizing end-of-life electric vehicle batteries, using California as [...]
Indoor photovoltaics with over 40 percent efficiency developed
30.07.202530.07.2025

Indoor photovoltaics with over 40 percent efficiency developed

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have succeeded in developing solar cells [...]
How EVs and electric water heaters are turning cities into giant batteries
29.07.202529.07.2025

How EVs and electric water heaters are turning cities into giant batteries

As the electrification of transport and heating accelerates, many worry the increased demand could overload national [...]
Paris Agreement temperature limits increasingly out of reach
27.07.202527.07.2025

Paris Agreement temperature limits increasingly out of reach

A new study involving researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) provides a [...]
New Insights into the Jet Stream Make Better Climate Predictions Possible
22.07.202522.07.2025

New Insights into the Jet Stream Make Better Climate Predictions Possible

Researchers uncover how climate change impacts the “weather motor”. Jet streams are often referred to as [...]
Underestimated sources of marine pollution
17.07.202517.07.2025

Underestimated sources of marine pollution

A study published in Nature reveals for the first time the extent to which nanoplastic pollutes [...]
Making fuels from sunlight
16.07.202516.07.2025

Making fuels from sunlight

The ocean serves as Earth’s largest dynamic carbon sink, absorbing 400 million tons of carbon dioxide [...]
Pace of warming has doubled since 1980s
01.07.202501.07.2025

Pace of warming has doubled since 1980s

The rate of global heating in the period 2012-2024 has roughly doubled from the 1980s according [...]
Save twice the ice by limiting global warming
28.06.202528.06.2025

Save twice the ice by limiting global warming

A new study with ETH Zurich, finds that if global warming exceeds the Paris Climate Agreement [...]
TNO and Jungle AI collaborate to detect cyberattack on wind turbine and improve detection capabilities
25.06.202525.06.2025

TNO and Jungle AI collaborate to detect cyberattack on wind turbine and improve detection capabilities

On the 18th of june 2025, at the SWITCH renewable energy fieldlab in Lelystad, TNO demonstrated [...]
More weather extremes in Europe during the summer under climate change
23.06.202523.06.2025

More weather extremes in Europe during the summer under climate change

Due to global warming, the North Atlantic Oscillation, an atmospheric circulation pattern that strongly influences European [...]
Offshore hydrogen production affects the North Sea
17.06.202517.06.2025

Offshore hydrogen production affects the North Sea

Green hydrogen is a key part of the energy transition. In the coming years, it’ll be [...]
Same ecosystem, different fix
09.06.202509.06.2025

Same ecosystem, different fix

International research team shows nature restoration must be tailored to local conditions. As the world focuses [...]
Weak winds key factor in 2023 extreme North Atlantic heatwave – marine heatwaves set to worsen
09.06.202509.06.2025

Weak winds key factor in 2023 extreme North Atlantic heatwave – marine heatwaves set to worsen

The largest marine heat wave ever recorded in the North Atlantic Ocean, occurring in the summer [...]
Sunlight in – power out, long after sunset
05.06.202505.06.2025

Sunlight in – power out, long after sunset

Solar battery based on porous organic material. This material acts like a solar reservoir – storing [...]
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25.09.202625.09.2026

New Material Is an Extreme Thermal Insulator

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24.09.202624.09.2026

Harvesting hot electrons could break solar panel barrier

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23.09.202623.09.2026

Polystyrene nanoplastics may threaten reproductive health and offspring development

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Science
22.09.202622.09.2026

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

Science
21.09.202621.09.2026

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

Science
17.09.202617.09.2026

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

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