Researchers have developed a new mining technique which uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon in the waste produced by mining. Adopting this technique of reusing mining waste, called tailings, could transform the mining industry and create a greener and more sustainable future.
Paradoxical Quantum Phenomenon Measured for the First Time
How do quantum particles share information?
Innovative Treatment Targets Blood Clots Without Increased Bleeding Risk
Safer and more effective blood thinners could be on the way following a groundbreaking discovery by researchers at UBC and the University of Michigan, published today in Nature Communications.
Humidity May Increase Heat Risk in Urban Climates
As temperatures across the globe reach record-level highs, urban areas are facing increased heat stress.
Prolonged Droughts Likely Spelled the End for Indus Megacities
New research involving Cambridge University has found evidence — locked into an ancient stalagmite from a cave in the Himalayas — of a series of severe and lengthy droughts which may have upturned the Bronze Age Indus Civilization.
Woodpecker Guides Post-Fire Forest Management
What's good for the Black-backed Woodpecker is good for restoration of burned California forests.
Researcher Aims to Create a Sustainable Protein Source Powered by Hydrogen
Lutz Grossmann is on a scientific mission to create tasty, animal-free protein that has a low carbon footprint and is produced without relying on agricultural land – a usual and progressively stressed source of the global food supply.
Getting Sustainability Done in New York City
Just in time for Earth Day, New York City has issued a new sustainability plan, one that focuses on means as well as ends.
Two-Component System Could Offer a New Way to Halt Internal Bleeding
MIT engineers have designed a two-component system that can be injected into the body and help form blood clots at the sites of internal injury.
Giving Farmers Certainty to Tackle a Crop-Eating Pest
The University of Queensland is working with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) to develop guidelines to help Australian grain growers decide when and how to treat fall armyworm (FAW) to save their crops and finances.