Physical sciences, Earth sciences

Scientists have made significant progress in the design of vital components used in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Improved features will lower production costs and help create a clean automotive future.

A new tool aids efforts to meet the EU’s biodiversity targets. The recently launched information platform allows scientists to share data about freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems.

Researchers have found a novel way to diagnose and manage patients with fever. How? Through new biomarkers that can tell the difference between bacterial and viral infection.

Coordinated development of electricity infrastructure connecting offshore wind farms to land will bring financial and environmental benefits.

An EU initiative has launched an online interactive data set of sustainable energy initiatives across Europe. The database could help policymakers reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonise the economy.

Smartphone users can now collect important data from their gardens to help the battle against climate change and solve the planet’s hunger crisis.

An ocean energy technology project that will harness tidal power has successfully produced electricity during towing tests.

A new recycling method turns garments into biodegradable materials, paving the way for a more eco-friendly fashion industry.

In the quest for constantly reducing the costs of space missions and maximising their chances of success, any information we can get about the launcher’s environment and how to best protect it is invaluable. Research under the MaMMoTH-Up project aims to introduce a modular system that can provide such insights.

A novel fully electrified car and passenger ferry will help efforts to decarbonise maritime transport. It will also overcome limitations in distances for such boats by targeting medium-range connections.

Researchers are examining the impact of climate change on aquaculture. This will help fish farmers decide what to grow and where.

Are great climate adaptation ideas not reaching the market? A new portal bridges the gap between innovators and end users of products and services that reduce climate-related risks.

The potential benefits of less cultivated varieties of cereals are garnering more interest in a drive towards healthy nutrition.

Research underlines potential of working with educators and students to increase public understanding of solutions to a major global environmental problem: marine litter.

Scientists have observed extremely high concentrations of aerosol particles at 8- to 14-km altitudes over the Amazon Basin. This finding could have significant implications for climate change.

Revealing that global sea levels will most likely rise even if Paris Agreement goals are met, scientists warn that half measures and delays will have severe consequences.

Scientists explored the interaction between the tropical Indian Ocean and the atmosphere to gain better insight into climate change triggers.

With the growing global demand for sustainable and energy-saving products and processes, biosurfactants have come under the spotlight in recent years. A new study reviews their use in biotechnology applications, focusing on microorganisms in cold habitats.

The dramatic diversification of animals could be explained by a revolution within their own biology, rather than the planet’s rising oxygen levels. This is the novel hypothesis of a team of researchers who presented their findings of a recent study based on evidence from proteins found in tumours.

Studying 25 years’ worth of satellite data, scientists paint a grim picture of global warming. Sea levels are going up at a faster rate each year, and even sooner than projected.

Agriculture – both victim and cause of climate change. New research shows moving away from animal protein towards legumes makes sense nutritionally and environmentally.

Scientists are setting sail for Antarctica to explore a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been covered by an iceberg for more than 100 000 years.

Carbon levels around 3 million years ago were similar to those of today and temperatures were even warmer. If something so significant is mirrored in the past, what else can we learn about extreme climate changes?

District heating based on renewable energy sources is becoming a preferred energy saving solution. One of the biggest challenges, however, is convincing property owners of the long-term value of retrofitting buildings to accommodate this smart solution.

Turning human and animal waste from problem to energy source is not new, animal dung has been used as fuel since the neolithic period. But a pilot project is showing dog poo can be used to fuel street lighting.