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Sunlight through a glass of water

May 22, 2023

New nontoxic powder uses sunlight to quickly disinfect contaminated drinking water

Energy, Environment, Health, Materials, Technology & Society

Photo of a mosquito on human skin.

Apr 7, 2023

The future of mosquito-borne diseases

Environment, Health

Student testing wastewater in lab.

Mar 23, 2023

Wastewater could be key to tracking more viruses than just COVID-19

Environment, Health

Dried lake and river in summer.

Jan 17, 2023

Droughts increase costs for low-income households

Environment, Technology & Society

Solar panel array on the rooftop of an apartment building.

Nov 21, 2022

Solar panels are largely confined to wealthy Americans

Energy, Environment, Technology & Society

A glass of purified water at wastewater treatment plant.

Nov 10, 2022

The cleanest drinking water is recycled

Energy, Environment, Health

Image of a building with air condition units hanging from the windows.

Sep 30, 2022

How can we harness wind and improve airflow to benefit society?

Environment, Health

Image of an electric car charging in the driveway of a house.

Sep 23, 2022

EV charging needs changing. Here's why.

Energy, Environment, Transportation & Robotics

Photo of a glacier cross section in Antarctica.

Sep 19, 2022

A scientist uses radar technology to map the insides of ice sheets

An image of a scientific display with leaf punches in 96-well plates

Aug 11, 2022

New synthetic genetic circuits could help plants amid climate change

Environment, Technology & Society

Photo of a cracked asphalt road after an earthquake.

Jun 15, 2022

Data is transforming our understanding of natural disasters

Computation & Data, Environment

An image of a person's hand taking a sample of wastewater for analysis

May 24, 2022

Q&A: Tracking COVID infections through wastewater

Environment, Health

Photo of a smoky sunset in the mountains of northeastern Washington.

May 17, 2022

How to fight climate change

Energy, Environment

Bleached and healthy coral patches spread in shallow water of an island.

May 6, 2022

Is your sunscreen killing corals?

Environment, Health

Photo of electromagnetic rotors for use in generators.

Mar 22, 2022

How to build a better magnet

Electronics & Networking, Environment, Materials

Photo of building exteriors with reflection of the sun.

Mar 22, 2022

A data-driven approach to cooling

Energy, Environment, Technology & Society

Aerial view of wastewater treatment facility.

Mar 2, 2022

Researchers turn wastewater into a valuable resource

Energy, Environment

Photo of farmland with a smoky horizon.

Jan 28, 2022

Can we engineer crops to withstand climate change?

Environment, Technology & Society

Collage of sustainable planet held by a hand.

Jan 6, 2022

Martin Fischer: AI and virtual reality can help society build better

Artificial Intelligence, Environment, Materials

Solar cells held up with tip of tweezers

Dec 15, 2021

New solar materials could usher in ultrathin, lightweight solar panels

Energy, Environment

Illustration of a dropper with gel

Oct 4, 2021

Eric Appel: Gels are changing the face of engineering ... and medicine

Environment, Health, Materials

Vehicle engines spew lots of methane. | iStock/milehightraveler

Sep 24, 2021

Pretreatment of palladium with steam could improve methane combustion

Energy, Environment, Materials

New analytic methods that could help desalination engineers weigh the many factors that go into building a desalination plant. | Stocksy/Jesse Morrow

Sep 17, 2021

New research looks to lower the high cost of desalination

Environment, Technology & Society

The researchers experimented on maize, pictured above, and other crops to test the effect engineered microbes have on plant growth and health. | Courtesy

Jul 6, 2021

Using nature’s miracle bugs to help feed the world

Environment, Health, Technology & Society