Environment and energy
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Turning water into watts
The oceans seem like an obvious source of renewable energy, but there are huge technical and financial hurdles to harnessing their vast power. Stephen Ornes investigates
Biomass energy: green or dirty?
The growing use of biomass energy has helped to cut our dependence on fossil fuels. But is this renewable source as green as it seems? Kate Ravilious investigates
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Research headlines
Read article: Colourful bilayer paint can cool buildings by reflecting sunlight
Colourful bilayer paint can cool buildings by reflecting sunlight
Coating comes in a range of colours and could be used in summer clothing
Read article: Lidar tracks mosquito behaviour by monitoring wingbeats
Lidar tracks mosquito behaviour by monitoring wingbeats
Laser-based technology can distinguish between male and female insects
Read article: Tracking elephant rumbles without breaking the bank
Tracking elephant rumbles without breaking the bank
Low-cost seismo-acoustic device could enable elephant monitoring for ecology and conservation
Read article: NASA satellite missions track 16 years of Earth’s melting ice sheets
NASA satellite missions track 16 years of Earth’s melting ice sheets
Data from NASA’s ICESat and ICESat-2 missions reveal that ice sheet losses from Greenland and Antarctica have contributed 14 mm to sea level rise since 2003
Read article: Some glaciers may be moving faster than previously thought, new �?slip law’ suggests
Some glaciers may be moving faster than previously thought, new �?slip law’ suggests
Lab experiments reveal how deformation of underlying terrain affects glacier's motion
Read article: High-pressure experiment sheds light on Earth’s outer core
High-pressure experiment sheds light on Earth’s outer core
Liquid region could contain more light elements than previously thought
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Read article: The mystery of missing marine plastic
The mystery of missing marine plastic
Oceanographers are not sure where all the plastics are ending up in the world’s oceans
Read article: What happened to all the plastic we released into the oceans?
What happened to all the plastic we released into the oceans?
Scientists are puzzled about where the majority of marine plastics are ending up
Read article: Electrochemical CO2 reduction: finding a path towards a carbon-neutral chemical industry
Electrochemical CO2 reduction: finding a path towards a carbon-neutral chemical industry
Join the audience for a live webinar on 24 June 2020 sponsored by The Electrochemical Society, Admiral Instruments, Scribner Associates, Hiden Analytical
Read article: Intricacies of high-energy cathodes for lithium-ion batteries
Intricacies of high-energy cathodes for lithium-ion batteries
Join the audience for a live webinar on 17 June 2020 sponsored by The Electrochemical Society, Admiral Instruments, Hiden Analytical, Royal Society of Chemistry
Read article: New directions for energy from sunlight
New directions for energy from sunlight
Join the audience for a live webinar on 10 June 2020 sponsored by The Electrochemical Society, Admiral Instruments, ACS Photonics, Gamry Instruments
Read article: Plastic that doesn’t cost the Earth
Plastic that doesn’t cost the Earth
With the pressure on to reduce our plastic pollution, scientists and innovators are developing new methods of reusing, retrieving and recycling. Anna Demming investigates
Read article: Space agencies redirect resources to support COVID-19 studies
Space agencies redirect resources to support COVID-19 studies
Earth-observation data can help to manage and better understand the pandemic
Read article: The search for the missing plastic
The search for the missing plastic
There are millions of tonnes of plastic in our oceans, but we can’t find it. Marric Stephens investigates how we’re searching for this elusive missing waste
Read article: Avoid, track, recycle: solutions to the problem of plastic waste
Avoid, track, recycle: solutions to the problem of plastic waste
Check out the May 2020 issue of Physics World, which is a special edition on plastic waste
Read article: Physics World unwrapped
Physics World unwrapped
Susan Curtis examines alternatives to the polythene wrapping used to mail magazines – and reveals what Physics World will be switching to
Read article: Could ammonia be the secret to shipping carbon-free?
Could ammonia be the secret to shipping carbon-free?
James McKenzie wonders if ammonia could hold the key to greener shipping
Read article: Artificial lightning strikes encourage growth of shiitake mushrooms
Artificial lightning strikes encourage growth of shiitake mushrooms
Researchers believe that pressure waves cause fungus to produce fruiting bodies
Read article: Creating a carbon-neutral world, a linac simulator for training medical physicists, avoiding blackouts in a solar super-storm
Creating a carbon-neutral world, a linac simulator for training medical physicists, avoiding blackouts in a solar super-storm
In this episode we chat with science journalist Kate Ravilious and medical physicist Marco Carlone
Read article: New map pinpoints US power lines susceptible to space weather super-storms
New map pinpoints US power lines susceptible to space weather super-storms
Geoelectrical hazard map could reduce the risk of blackouts
Read article: Blue energy: innovative ways of harnessing energy from the oceans
Blue energy: innovative ways of harnessing energy from the oceans
At sea the opportunities are vast but so are the engineering challenges
Read article: Climate change is a ‘Pascal’s wager’: so how will you act?
Climate change is a ‘Pascal’s wager’: so how will you act?
Businesses must take action on climate change, which is why – says James McKenzie – it’s an example of a “Pascal’s wager”
Read article: Nanowire device generates electricity from ambient humidity
Nanowire device generates electricity from ambient humidity
Non-polluting, low-cost device generates electrical current from the water vapour naturally present in the atmosphere
Read article: Sand dunes repel each other as they move across a landscape
Sand dunes repel each other as they move across a landscape
Laboratory study shows that dunes can interact over large distances without exchanging mass
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