Corn and soybean rotation could pose long-term tradeoffs for soil health

Rotating corn and soybeans, a widely used practice among Midwest farmers, potentially could contribute to long-term…

The right carbon tax to reduce the impact of transport in Switzerland

Using macroeconomic modeling, EPFL researchers have identified the most effective carbon tax for Switzerland to meet…

If warming exceeds 2 C, Antarctica's melting ice sheets could raise seas 20 meters in coming centuries

We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological…

Space can solve our looming resource crisis—but the space industry itself must be sustainable

Australia’s space industry is set to grow into a multibillion-dollar sector that could provide tens of…

Nearly a decade in the making, exoplanet-hunting instrument installed in Hawaii

A top a dormant volcano in Hawaii, an extremely delicate instrument—designed to help scientists find distant…

New materials to help stop lithium-ion battery fires, explosions and improve battery performance

From automobiles and planes to laptops and e-bikes, lithium-ion batteries have been blamed for causing fires…

'Tumors in Space' project studies cancer risk of cosmic radiation

Can weightlessness stop cancer from growing? One of the nine research projects that has been given…

Infrared-glowing nanoparticle gives researchers a view inside a living mouse's brain

Stanford chemists have developed a new deep-tissue imaging technique that can see beneath the skin of…

Urgency of climate change may be understated in intergovernmental panel report, expert says

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report last week warning of the…

Combining spintronics and quantum thermodynamics to harvest energy at room temperature

Today’s energy-hungry global society is struggling with how to mitigate the effects of man-made climate change,…