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Harvesting and processing micro- and macroalgae hold versatile industrial applications and could help meet food security and carbon neutrality goals.
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Environmental Science and Engineering
Climate action needs a tree change
Despite scientific debate, protecting and restoring natural forests is essential for global climate mitigation and adaptation.
Chemical Engineering
Clean jet fuel chemistry takes flight
AI-assisted search rapidly pinpoints high-performance catalyst for direct CO2-to-jet fuel conversion.
Chemical Engineering
Natural solvents enable fully bio-based membranes
Vanillin and thymol replace fossil-based solvents to produce a fully bio-based ultrafiltration membrane that can clarify fruit juices.
Computer Science
AI-based hydrogen plant models improve power grid stability
Realistic AI models of hydrogen plants help stabilize power grids with high levels of renewable energy.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Plant diversity reduces the impacts of grazing pressure in drylands
A global field survey of dryland sites shows that plant species richness is the strongest predictor of resistance to overgrazing.
Environmental Science and Engineering
Water-repelling surfaces reveal surprising charging effects
When water leaves a hydrophobic material, it acquires an electrical charge that could affect liquid-handling processes.
Earth Science and Engineering
Asymmetric surface deformations reveal ongoing processes after earthquakes
Detailed satellite radar data highlight underlying post-seismic processes at work in the Earth’s subsurface following the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes.
Mechanical Engineering
Green hydrogen from fluctuating power sources
Controversial catalyst additive improves stability in direct green hydrogen production.
Electrical Engineering
Quantum dot lasers outshine expectations
Resilient quantum dot lasers are set to make simpler, greener, and cheaper light-driven integrated circuits.
Marine Science
Measuring spatial differences in reef-building corals to guide future management
Data collected at a pivotal time provide baseline information for coral reef resilience and management in the northeastern and central Red Sea.
Bioengineering
Bio-inspired network structures for next-generation AI
Brain-inspired network design for computation could lead to more accurate, higher-performance machine learning.
Earth Science and Engineering
Depleted oil fields offer hydrogen storage sites
Combining hydrogen with liquid organic molecules could cut costs, simplify storage, and even help to recover residual oil.
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