By Carolyn Gramling DECEMBER 15, 2023 AT 10:30 AM Days of contentious wrangling in Dubai at the United Nations’ 28th annual climate summit ended December 13 […]
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Wind powered ships, food scents and forest guardians vie to lead research advances
By ANTHONY KING From sail-powered tankers and new food habits to forest-protecting hedges and data-driven healthcare, 2024 promises to be a big year in EU science. […]
Capturing methane from the air would slow global warming. Can it be done?
By Katherine Bourzac This summer was the hottest ever recorded on Earth, and 2023 is on track to be the hottest year. Heat waves threatened people’s […]
From drain to gain: the hidden treasures in wastewater
EU industries from food and drinks to chemicals and biotechnology are seeking to profit from materials in water after it has been used. For decades, […]
Most of today’s gene therapies rely on viruses — and that’s a problem
By Tina Hesman Saey Will Ungerer isn’t a typical fourth-grader. The 10-year-old from Midlothian, Va., plays tag with his friends and swims in the ocean. “I […]
Humans haven’t set foot on the moon in 50 years. That may soon change
By James R. Riordon Project Apollo ended this week. The last moon men … returned to Earth … and splashed down on a target in the […]
The first U.S. lunar lander since 1972 touches down on the moon
By Christopher Crockett and Adam Mann It marks the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since NASA’s Apollo 17. After a nail-biting descent, the United States […]
How scientists reached nuclear fusion ‘ignition’ for the first time
By Emily Conover One of nuclear fusion’s biggest advances wouldn’t have happened without some impeccable scientific artistry. In December 2022, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory […]
Plant-powered planes may be no pipe dream
By TEREZA PULTAROVA EU researchers are seeking to expand supplies of clean aviation fuels by producing more from agricultural sources. Professor David Chiaramonti is looking down […]