An analysis of diets worldwide reveals that lower-cost diets are often substantially less carbon-intensive than the meals ...

A first-of-its-kind national study finds that vehicle-to-home charging can turn electric cars into grid-smart assets, ...

By coaxing soil bacteria into fixing more nitrogen, gene-edited wheat shows how crops might one day sidestep synthetic ...

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. More than 40% of the street network in some cities is suitable for transformation similar to Barcelona-style “superblocks,” according to a new study. The ...

In a rare scientific analysis of pending energy legislation, researchers put two competing policy approaches to the test.

Let the best of Anthropocene come to you. As the number of electric vehicles and smart gadgets surges, ethical and environmental problems with the lithium-ion batteries that power them is starting to ...

Taking inspiration from anchovies and herrings, researchers have made a new filter that could keep microplastics from entering waterways and oceans. The filter, with a design based on the gill systems ...

Globally, human excreta are a huge untapped source of nutrients. Now, a new perspective paper makes the case that biochar could help to unlock it. The PNAS paper shows that human waste contains over ...

A new film that can be made from widely-available food waste is as effective as conventional plastics at shielding food from moisture and oxygen, its inventors say. The novel material was made by ...