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UNSW professor Martin Green, who revolutionised photovoltaics, says sun’s power is ‘the best option out there’

Carbon Engineering, a British Columbia-based company that has the financial backing of Bill Gates, has released a peer-reviewed study that demonstrates how the company's technology is capable of capturing carbon dioxide from...

Scientists at the California Academy of Sciences have created a new device that can capture and transport deep-sea creatures to the ocean's surface without harming them, allowing scientists to better study the deep sea...

Last week, NET Power officially began operations at its 50-megawatt, emissions-free natural gas power plant in La Porte, Texas. If all goes well, the plant's design could pave the way to a cleaner energy future. Instead...

The powerful few who benefit from the fossil fuel status quo are exerting their influence

AEye, a San Francisco Bay Area-based company that develops hardware, software and algorithms that serve as the "eyes and visual cortex" of autonomous vehicles, has announced a new data type that will help self-driving cars...

Renewably generated hydrogen could supply energy storage at scales many times beyond which even the largest battery systems could attain, writes Mike Koefman; while John Ellis says it’s time for joined-up thinking on our...

Swedish multinational manufacturing company Volvo has revealed its two new electric truck models, designed with tasks such as delivery and refuse collection in mind...

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have created a highly efficient device that uses sunlight and black carbon-dipped paper to clean water. The paper is placed in a triangular arrangement, which enables it to vaporize...

With a target to halve its huge carbon footprint, the race is on to find new technologies to green the world’s shipping fleet

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach In the continental US, most of the rivers run east, west, or south. But in the Yukon and in Alaska, a number of them run north. The Yukon is a most curious river. The source of the Yukon in...

Designers awed and inspired attendees at this year's Milan Design Week with fresh takes on contemporary design. From unexpected uses for wood and recycled materials to advanced lighting technology, we spotted countless incredible...

Just in time for Earth Day, Apple has unveiled a new recycling robot — and it can disassemble 200 iPhones in a single hour. Daisy can successfully extract parts from nine types of iPhones — and for every 100,000 devices...

Researchers at the University of Maryland have invented a new water-based zinc battery that is safer than a traditional lithium-ion battery, but which doesn't sacrifice power or usability...

Green spaces offer urban residents the chance to escape the concrete jungle and experience nature's restorative benefits — if those spaces are well-designed...