Using wood-derived materials, researchers showcase the potential of making eco-friendly yet high-functioning electronics ...

A new study shows that natural tea compounds help heal lithium-ion battery materials, paving the way for sustainable, ...

Sometimes, it’s the small things that make the biggest difference. Consider viruses. Or electrons. Or prairie dogs. That last one might seem like a bit of a stretch, but bear with me. A few weeks ago ...

They found that a straw ultimately derived from fossil fuels is the most sustainable choice—highlighting the complex ...

Overall global energy use has risen fivefold within one human lifetime. The history of energy use is like our closets. We don’t typically give up our belongings; we add to them. Coal didn’t replace ...

Space-saving, low-input, pest-free: vertical farming is often regarded as a solution to many of conventional agriculture’s woes. But the findings of a new study draw a question mark over its prospects ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. By mixing cardboard, soil, and water researchers have made a strong construction material that has one quarter of cement’s carbon footprint. The low-tech ...

In a lab outside Boulder Colorado, engineers are reinventing one of the dirtiest industrial processes on Earth—by swapping fire for modern alchemy. In a business park in the shadow of the Rocky ...

Celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Madonna and Jennifer Lopez have made headlines calling for protection of the Amazon rainforest. But anonymous local villagers are the ones playing an outsized role ...