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Over the past 72 years, China’s Green Great Wall has turned vast stretches of desert into flourishing ecosystems, tackling both desertification and rural poverty.
Since 1978, China has led an environmental campaign of historic proportions to combat desertification in its dry northern lands.
Joshua Shavit
Stewart Mallory, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical engineering at Penn State, leads a research group that studies active matter, specifically the collective behavior of self-propelled microscopic particles.
InnovationsMicroscopic robots are transforming health, technology, and the environmentJoshua Shavit
At Panchsheel Inter College in Uttar Pradesh, students are attending classes in a newly constructed school wing made not of concrete or standard brick, but of an innovative material derived from sugarcane.
Green ImpactSchool made from sugarcane waste signals a new era in sustainable constructionRebecca Shavit
Plasma Jet Engines Could Revolutionize Aviation and End Fossil Fuel Dependency
Green ImpactNext-generation jet engine converts electricity directly into thrustJoshua Shavit
New study shows smart tree planting helps cities beat the heat without raising nighttime temperatures.
Green ImpactUrban Heat Crisis: How Strategic Tree Planting Makes a DifferenceMac Oliveau
A deep dive into apple genomes reveals how hybridization, duplication, and evolution shaped the fruit's flavor, toughness, and diversity.
Green ImpactNew study reveals the evolution of apples across 60 million yearsRebecca Shavit
Conceptual Design for Infinity One perspective match 6
Green ImpactNew stellarator brings commercial fusion power one step closerJoshua Shavit
Empa scientist Gustav Nystroem with the fungal battery that is encased in beeswax.
Green ImpactNew fungi-based battery needs feeding instead of chargingJoseph Shavit
The ancient closure of the Tethys Seaway reshaped oceans, sparked deserts, and opened migration paths for early humans and animals alike.
Green ImpactTethys Seaway: The lost ocean that forever changed life on EarthJoseph Shavit
Physicists reveal a new brewing method using controlled pours and fluid dynamics to extract more coffee flavor from fewer beans
Green ImpactPhysics can help you brew better coffee with fewer beansRebecca Shavit
NASA has revealed a powerful new battery that could change the future of flight.
Green ImpactBreakthrough NASA battery looks to electrify the aviation industryJoseph Shavit
Study reveals GenAI's hidden toll on nature and workers, urging ethical AI development.
Green ImpactThe Hidden Environmental and Social Impacts of Generative AIMac Oliveau
Supervolcanoes act on long, quiet timelines, making them hard to predict.
Green ImpactGlobal supervolcano threat rises as scientists sound the alarmJoseph Shavit
NASA's Curiosity rover found iron carbonate deposits in Gale crater, providing powerful evidence of an ancient Martian carbon cycle
SpaceCuriosity rover reveals ancient carbon cycle on MarsJoshua Shavit
A new study shows falling water droplets in tubes can power LEDs by generating clean electricity through a plug flow system.
Green ImpactBreakthrough technology harnesses clean energy from falling rainwaterJoshua Shavit
A magnetic collapse 41,000 years ago let in solar radiation, changed the skies, and possibly shaped the fate of early humans.
Green ImpactEarth’s magnetic field failed 41,000 years ago – forever changing human evolutionJoshua Shavit
New solar supercapacitor stores 63% of solar energy, setting the stage for faster, cleaner, and more reliable renewable power.
Green ImpactHigh-efficiency smart energy device stores solar power for use after darkMac Oliveau