Meet our daily needs in a clean and environmentally-friendly way. Designers and scientists at the University of Cambridge have been collaborating on a project that demonstrates a potential f... Read more
Image via Wikipedia It’s the reason why chemists envy green plants: by using photosynthesis, plants can easily fix the carbon dioxide that is so plentiful in air to make biomass, or organic... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Invisible carbon pumps A group of oceanic micro-organisms just might prove a surprising ally in the fight against climate change UNDERSTANDING how the oceans absorb carbo... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Synthetic biology has allowed scientists to tweak E. coli to produce fuels from sugar and, more sustainably, cellulose The bacteria responsible for most cases of food poi... Read more