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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,…