Cyclists feel the cold sweat of fear when trucks come too close. Pedestrians feel uncomfortable in…
Month: October 2018
Global warming below 1.5 degrees “still possible, but we need to act quickly and drastically”
Keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius is still possible, but we have to…
Global warming below 1.5 degrees “still possible, but we need to act quickly and drastically”
Keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius is still possible, but we have to…
Protecting marine areas may have insidious political effects
Zones of ocean known as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are all the rage. They have no…
Protecting marine areas may have insidious political effects
Zones of ocean known as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are all the rage. They have no…
Study in Ethiopia links healthy soils to more nutritious cereals
Large fields, predictable rainfall and favourable temperatures have meant that farmers in Arsi Negele, a town…
Origin of life in membraneless protocells
How life arose from non-living chemicals more than 3.5 billion years ago on Earth is a…
Why we can’t reverse climate change with ‘negative emissions’ technologies
In a much-anticipated report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the world will need…
Graphene puts nanomaterials in their place
Nanomaterials offer unique optical and electrical properties and bottom-up integration within industrial semiconductor manufacturing processes. However,…
Methane-based fuels for the transport and energy sectors
The lead project "Methane from Renewable Sources in Mobile and Stationary Applications" (MethQuest) launched on September…