2nd September 2018

California approves bill mandating 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045

Senate Bill 100 makes California the single largest economy in the world to commit to a 100% clean energy grid.

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23rd August 2018

Faster way to make mineral remove CO2 from atmosphere

Scientists have developed a new, accelerated way to produce magnesite at room temperature, a mineral that can capture CO2 from the atmosphere.

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19th August 2018

The wheat genome is fully sequenced

After a 13 year effort, scientists have produced the first complete map of the wheat genome. This could lead to better crop varieties that are more adapted to environmental conditions, as well as providing new ways of treating certain wheat-immune diseases and allergies.

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15th August 2018

New record efficiency for organic photovoltaic cells

Researchers in China have set a major new record for organic photovoltaic cells, boosting their efficiency to 17.3%.

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2nd August 2018

New two-dimensional material discovered

Researchers have described a new two-dimensional material called "hematene", derived from hematite, with application as a photocatalyst.

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26th July 2018

Global warming will cause thousands of extra suicides in U.S. and Mexico by 2050

A new study finds that suicides in the USA and Mexico rise between 0.7 and 2.1% with each degree (Celsius) of increased monthly average temperature. This could lead to an additional 21,000 suicides by 2050.

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20th July 2018

Rising sea levels threaten the Internet

A new study has concluded that thousands of miles of buried Internet infrastructure could be damaged or destroyed by rising sea levels within 15 years.

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