Making sustainable plastic from the carbon dioxide in the ocean
Credit: Nature Catalysis (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41929-025-01416-4 The ocean is Earth’s largest carbon sink, absorbing about 25% of the…
Swiss solar furnaces recycling watchmakers’ waste metal
Panatere metallurgical engineer Jean-Francois Dionne, wearing a thermal protective suit, shows an aluminum ingot. A Swiss company inaugurated…
How atmospheric water harvesting can be scaled
Companies in the SAWH sector. Credit: Joule (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2025.102132 Water scarcity is a huge global issue. More…
Researchers Develop “New and Simple” Nanoplastic Detection Method
A joint team of scientists from the University of Stuttgart in Germany and the University of Melbourne in…
Recycling lithium from old electric vehicle batteries could be done cheaply with new electrochemical process
Chemistry Professor Kyoung-Shin Choi’s research lab has developed an electrochemical method to recycle lithium that’s catching the attention…
New 3D Model Detects Corrosion, Cracking in Nuclear Reactors
Engineers and scientists prioritize building safe and efficient nuclear reactors. Thanks to a team of MIT researchers, these…
A New Approach to Turning Sunlight Into Fuel Looks Promising
Plants transform sunlight into fuel, creating oxygen in the air we breathe. This magical process is called photosynthesis.…
New Alert System Gives Satellites Early Warning of Space Junk
Space debris is a growing threat, especially to the increasing number of satellites in orbit. Satellite explosions, anti-satellite…
Automated protocol predicts new thermoelectric materials
Andrej Pustogow (left) and Fabian Garmroudi (right) next to an exhibit of a quantum computer at the APS…
New haptic technology adds the sense of touch to virtual reality
Credit: Premankur Banerjee USC scientists have developed a wearable system that enables more natural and emotionally engaging interactions…
Scientists use imaging technology to visualize heat
(left) atoms present in the 2D material. (right) photos of single atoms. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering…
Researchers demonstrate modular approach for building scalable quantum computers
Experiment overview. Credit: Nature Electronics (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41928-025-01404-3 What do children’s building blocks and quantum computing have in…