The NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE is challenging the world to reimagine what we can do with CO2 emissions by incentivizing the development of technologies…
A team of MIT researchers has developed a new way to clear pollutants from water, even when present in extremely low concentrations. The system uses…
Researchers at The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have successfully tested a new way to store carbon dioxide. They pumped 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide down…
San Francisco is variously described as a foodie city and a techie stronghold. Is it any surprise then that there are a slew of new…
Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens -- and the environment.…
Morgan Brawner delivers a masterful synthesis of emerging technologies, day-to-day sustainability, and global participation, with a highly-unique, creative flare. His less-is-definitely-more mindset peeks its head…
The Zero Electricity Air Cooler - made from plastic bottles and not use electricity. - Eco Cooler Most homes in Rural Bangladesh are made out…
Fungi Mutarium is a prototype that grows edible fungal biomass as a novel food product. Fungi is cultivated on specifically designed agar shapes that the…
When we talk about mushrooms, we typically muse on any combination of three sub-strains: recreational foraging, adventures in a psychedelic Legoland, and underrated pizza toppings.…
Berkeley Lab’s popular Science at the Theater traveled across the Bay to San Francisco's Marines’ Memorial Theatre on June 1st, 2016, to present the Lab’s…
As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land…
Using SLAC's Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, scientists can visualize the exact way that atoms bond to a solid surface. Knowing how charged particles interact with…
The ability to desalinate water on an industrial scale would change the world, says Bill Nye the Science Guy, bringing fresh water to populations all…
Once it's created, plastic (almost) never dies. While in 12th grade Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao went in search of a new bacteria to biodegrade…
This video explains the rationale and motivation behind direct capture of CO2 from the atmosphere (air capture), the air capture process itself, and what Carbon…
A $20 Million global competition to develop breakthrough technologies that will convert CO₂ emissions from power plants and industrial facilities into valuable products like building…
Worldwide, violence is on the decline, but in the crowded cities of the global south — cities like Aleppo, Bamako and Caracas — violence is…
The Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite mission, better known as DSCOVR, will monitor the constant stream of charged particles from the sun, also called “Solar…