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A team of researchers is designing novel systems to capture water vapour in the air and turn it into liquid. They have developed sponges or membranes with a large surface area that continually capture moisture from their surrounding environment.

To improve battery performance and production, Penn State researchers and collaborators have developed a new fabrication approach that could make for more efficient batteries that maintain energy and power levels.

Researchers have shown that a species of fungus that normally grows in the wild and kills insects can be successfully inoculated in oilseed rape plants where it fosters a unique symbiotic relationship.

Researchers have discovered that oil-degrading bacteria, widely found in the ocean, grow around oil droplets forming dense communities at the oil-water interface.

Voluntary carbon offset schemes are overestimating how much deforestation they prevent, according to a new analysis by an international team of scientists and economists.

The risk of fatal heatwaves has risen sharply over the past 20 years. In the future, such extreme weather will become more frequent and heat-​related excess mortality will increase. Europe will be particularly affected, as researchers show.

Researchers show that a paper cup that ends up in nature can also cause damage as they also contain toxic chemicals.

Lithium plating damages batteries, shortens their lifespan and can be dangerous. New research has found a way to prevent it, resulting in faster charging for electric vehicles.

In the first analysis of its kind in Europe, and only the second in the world, Belgian researchers tested 39 brands of straws for the group of synthetic chemicals known as poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Starch in wheat, maize, rice and potatoes is key to brewing, baking and more. New research has shown how the two different types of starch form.