Energy

A collage featuring Toshiba's prototype cobalt-free battery and a close-up of cobalt.

Toshiba unveils new fast-charging, cobalt-free battery

Toshiba has developed a new kind of cobalt-free battery that could lead to cheaper, more sustainable EVs in the future.

An artist's rendering of a Natrium nuclear power plant

How TerraPower is leading the nuclear renaissance

Bill Gates’ TerraPower startup is building a next-generation nuclear power plant that could revive the declining industry.

Kristin Houser

A photo of Buzz Aldrin on the moon with 5 moving images relating to climate change collaged on top.

Climate Crisis

This global prize competition is launching small moonshots to save the planet

Prince William’s “Earthshot” strategy hopes to hedge humanity’s bet and tackle multiple environmental crises.

Elise Leise

Series| Challengers

This carbon-negative dream house ships in a box

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A startup described as the “IKEA of houses” is determined to make beautifully-designed, energy efficient homes affordable for everyone.

Doug Dais

Exploring the ocean floor with autonomous underwater vehicles

Efficient, autonomous, and economical, the AUV is quickly becoming essential for underwater research.

B. David Zarley

Oceans

NASA app asks players to help map our oceans

While social distancing, volunteer data collectors can contribute to research by helping map oceans with NASA's citizen science app.

Teresa Carey

Aerospace

Space plane experiment could lead to 24/7 solar power

The next time the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B space plane launches, it’ll be carrying an experimental solar panel that could revolutionize clean energy.

Kristin Houser

Climate Crisis

Sending heat to space to reverse global warming

This high-tech material could reverse global warming by using radiative cooling to lower the Earth’s rising temperature.

Teresa Carey

Climate Crisis

A new approach to green building could reverse climate change

The building sector is one of the biggest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions. But new research suggests that trend could stop, and even reverse because of a new type of green building.

Teresa Carey

Climate Crisis

The hidden history in the Notre Dame attic

Studying the scarce, centuries-old logs that remain from the Notre Dame attic will help scientists reconstruct medieval climate data to see if temperatures were ever this high.

Teresa Carey

Disaster Response

New study into how tornadoes form could save lives

To improve our understanding of how tornadoes form, researchers involved in the TORUS Project will send tech straight into supercell thunderstorms.

Kristin Houser

Climate Crisis

Changing flight altitudes could help minimize contrails

A study found that flying a small percentage of planes at slightly different altitudes could significantly decrease contrails, a global warming contributor.

Kristin Houser

Clean Energy

Can the maritime industry go green? Washington ferries show us how

Washington ferries will soon make the switch from diesel to batteries, becoming the world’s largest hybrid-powered, car-carrying ferries.

Teresa Carey

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