Boston University environmental expert says the Nintendo racing game has important lessons for social and economic programs that could benefit the world’s developing regions. Many…
Plastics are one of the world’s largest polluters, taking hundreds of years to degrade in nature. A research team, led by YSE professor Yuan Yao…
Beef cattle fed red algae showed reductions in methane emissions of over 50 percent without affecting meat quality. Livestock farming is a major source of…
Engineers have developed self-cooling fabrics from polyethylene, a material commonly used in plastic bags. In considering materials that could become the fabrics of the future,…
Cyanobacteria Could Revolutionize the Plastic Industry Microbiologists at the University of Tübingen modify bacteria to produce climate-neutral and rapidly degradable bioplastics. Cyanobacteria produce plastic naturally…
To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The goal is to electrify processes like heating…
The MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium launches with 13 company members to work with MIT on innovation in climate and sustainability. Launched on January 28,…
Study measures which kinds of infrastructure improvements could lead to wider adoption of clean vehicles. A new study from researchers at MIT uncovers the kinds…
Global team of scientists, including UCLA’s Daniel Blumstein, points to environmental, population and political challenges. Without immediate and drastic intervention, humans face a “ghastly future”…
An all-day digital workshop to explore how space can boost clean energy and contribute to a sustainable economy will be held on September 14, 2020….
A hand-held video game console allowing indefinite gameplay might be a parent’s worst nightmare. But this Game Boy is not just a toy. It’s a…
Biological control of insect pests – where ‘natural enemies’ keep pests at bay – is saving farmers in Asia and the Pacific billions of dollars,…
The impact of global crises underscores the fragility of food systems. In addition to short-term acute shocks, long-term global demographic changes like urbanization and population…
A global group of scientists is calling for an urgent rethink on a draft action plan to safeguard biodiversity. The provisional action plan[1], unveiled in…
A five-story mixed-use structure in Roxbury represents a new kind of net-zero-energy building, made from wood. A new building about to take shape in Boston’s…
A healthy lifestyle consists of a mixture of habits. Diet, exercise, sleep and other factors all must be in balance. Similarly, a sustainable farm operates…
Over the course of several months, researchers in Israel created Escherichia coli strains that consume CO2 for energy instead of organic compounds. This achievement in…
A specialized silk covering could protect seeds from salinity while also providing fertilizer-generating microbes. Providing seeds with a protective coating that also supplies essential nutrients…