Abu Dhabi/Geneva – Global renewable energy jobs grew only modestly in 2024 despite installations hitting new highs, according to a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The…
Zap! Graphene is bad news for bacteria
Rice, Ben-Gurion universities show laser-induced graphene kills bacteria, resists biofouling [caption id="attachment_12361" align="alignnone" width="877"] In the top row, the growth of biofilm on surfaces with a solution containing Pseudomonas aeruginosa is observed on, from left, polyimide,…
Crab on LCD
[caption id="attachment_12357" align="alignnone" width="945"] NASA, ESA, G. Dubner (IAFE, CONICET-University of Buenos Aires) et al.; A. Loll et al.; T. Temim et al.; F. Seward et al.; VLA/NRAO/AUI/NSF; Chandra/CXC; Spitzer/JPL-Caltech; XMM-Newton/ESA; and Hubble/STScI,[/caption] This captivating…
30-year collaboration earns UW climatologist China’s top science…
[caption id="attachment_12352" align="alignright" width="300"] John Kutzbach, UW–Madison professor emeritus of atmospheric, oceanic and environmental sciences, is the former director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Science Center for Climatic Research. This was taken in 1992.…
Harnessing energy from glass walls
A Korean research team has developed semi-transparent perovskite solar cells that could be great candidates for solar windows. [caption id="attachment_12348" align="alignnone" width="2025"] Thermal images are taken by an infrared camera to compare the heat rejection…