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Boosting Green Aviation with Hydrogen-Electric Engines

ZeroAvia, a British/American aerospace company founded in 2018, has recently made aviation history by flying a 19-seat Dornier 228 test aircraft powered by a hydrogen-electric engine.

From ZeroAvia 26 Jan 2023

Engineering Insect's Gut Microbes to Break Down Non-Recyclable Plastics

Each year, more than 380 million tons of plastics are produced globally. Less than 10% of these plastics are reused or recycled, leading to significant accumulation and waste, not to mention the obvious environmental implications.

25 Jan 2023

Analyzing the Interplay Between Microplastics and Infectious Disease

Microplastics—tiny particles produced as plastics weather and fragment—pose an increasing threat to the environment and human health.

24 Jan 2023

Greener Ammonia: A Green Revolution

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have made significant progress in producing “green” ammonia and, in turn, making “greener” fertilizers.

17 Jan 2023

MIT Study Highlights the Potential Carbon Footprint of Autonomous Vehicles

In the future, the energy needed to run the powerful computers on board a global fleet of autonomous vehicles could generate as many greenhouse gas emissions as all the data centers in the world today.

16 Jan 2023

Replacing Wood- and Charcoal-Burning Stoves in Sub-Saharan Africa Could Avert Many Deaths

Half a million lives could be saved each year in sub-Saharan Africa by taking action to reduce reliance on traditional wood- and charcoal-burning stoves, a new study shows.

13 Jan 2023

New Squeezable Glass Bottles Offer Solution to Plastic Pollution

Clowd Foundry LLC, an innovative design firm, has announced its patent-pending technology for squeezable glass and hybrid bottles.

13 Jan 2023

UCI Research is at the Heart of Recovering the Ozone Layer

On Jan. 9, a United Nations-backed panel of experts announced that Earth's protective ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, closing an ozone hole over the Antarctic that was first noticed in the 1980s.

12 Jan 2023

Researchers Highlight the Opportunities for Mitigating Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

About a quarter of the world's electricity currently comes from power plants fired by natural gas.

12 Jan 2023

New Report Attempts to Address the Burden of Marine Plastic Pollution

Many people are aware of plastic pollution in the oceans. Photos of turtles or seabirds entangled in plastic garbage first went viral in the 1990s, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now the focus of highly publicized cleanup efforts.

11 Jan 2023