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A new liquid battery stores solar heat for weeks
Scientists have engineered a water-soluble pyrimidone molecule that captures solar heat and releases it days or weeks later—enough to boil water on demand.
Resistance in the reeds: What scientists found in 17 city wetlands
Antibiotic-resistance genes turned up at 9X the levels in natural lakes. Researchers say "sponge city” infrastructure requires smarter stormwater engineering.
An AI trained on 13,000 virtual worlds just projected our renewable energy future
It beat the International Energy Agency's forecasts—and it says 2°C is still on the table
The world is sitting on $7 billion of wasted fertilizer
Researchers mapped the production of human and animal waste across the US and matched it against crop nutrient demand. The numbers work. The logistics don't. Can we fix that?
This is junk science, in the best possible sense
A Cambridge team has discovered that two stubborn waste problems—spent lead-acid batteries and hard-to-recycle polymers—can be made to solve each other, with sunlight doing most of the work.
Tracking traffic pollution in real time could transform city climate policy
Using traffic cameras and phone data, researchers created a real-time emissions map—giving cities a powerful new tool to cut pollution faster and smarter.
The Future of the Grid Could Be Parked in Your Driveway
A growing fleet of electric vehicles could unlock a cheaper, cleaner alternative to fossil-fuel power plants—without building new infrastructure.
An Act of God. Payable Upon Impact.
Parametric insurance, once a niche tool for property owners, is now underwriting coral reefs. It’s efficient, innovative—and unsettling.
What if the future of mining looked like a farm?
Phytomining promises to extract metals for electric vehicles—not with drills and dynamite but with daisies, grasses, and biology.
