Scientists are testing hybrid elkhorn corals bred from Florida and Honduras parents in the wild for the first time. The ...

By simulating a million traffic scenarios, researchers found that apps guiding vehicle speeds at intersections could cut ...

A congested power grid stands in the way of electric vehicles being truly green, but researchers say small, targeted upgrades ...

Globally, human excreta are a huge untapped source of nutrients. Now, a new perspective paper makes the case that biochar could help to unlock it. The PNAS paper shows that human waste contains over ...

Millions of toxic e-cig butts are tossed every day. A new study shows they can be recycled into asphalt pellets that boost road durability and cut carbon.

Lab tests on 47 t-shirts showed low-cost options often beat high-end ones for durability—suggesting affordable clothes can help cut waste and emissions.

Reducing meat consumption is one of the most powerful levers to bring down greenhouse gas emissions: this is now widely acknowledged. But something that gets less attention is how eating less meat ...

New study shows that applying sugarcane-derived biochar to cotton fields offers a sustainable path forward for one of agriculture’s most resource-hungry crops.

For the last dozen years, scientists have been on the hunt for a killer that has claimed billions of lives. They’ve finally found it. In 2013, researchers from Olympic National Park reported what ...