All Earth & Environmental Sciences

Renewable energy's hybrid fuel blue hydrogen can help protect the climate
Added: 2 Dec 2021
Blue hydrogen - a renewable fuel hybrid technology - can play a positive role in the energy transit…

New microscope uses photonics to gain insights into ‘superbugs’
Added: 25 Nov 2021
Scientists are building a new super-resolution microscope that uses laser light to study the inner …

UK demonstrates its first 'green' high-powered rocket engine
Added: 22 Nov 2021
A UK nuclear fusion company based in Bletchley, has just developed and tested its first launch capa…

Pharmaceuticals and the environment: how can the industry put its best foot forward?
Added: 22 Nov 2021
In recent years, it has become more and more important to both consumers and investors that they su…

The plastics industry must go under the knife for a more sustainable future
Added: 22 Nov 2021
After 50 years of carefree consumption, urgent transformation is needed to negate large-scale green…

PhD student wins leading award from UK Research and Innovation
Added: 2 Nov 2021
University of Gloucestershire PhD student, Philippa Simmonds, has won a prestigious UK Research and…

Scientists uncover a gene involved in sexual conflict in fruit flies
Added: 22 Oct 2021
Sexual conflict in fruit flies is governed by specifically wired neurons in the brain which have be…

Wheat field trial heralds UK acceptance of gene edited crops
Added: 13 Oct 2021
Post Brexit, the UK is free to make its own decisions around genetic editing of food crops based on…

Greening the lab: first net zero mass spectrometer launched
Added: 5 Oct 2021
As part of an initiative to permanently remove CO₂ emissions associated with the manufacture and su…

Algae – a novel solution to the climate crisis?
Added: 29 Sep 2021
By 2050, the world will need to produce 70% more food than in 2005, and will need 50% more fresh wa…

Dinosaur domination resulted from volcano-driven climate change
Added: 27 Sep 2021
The rise of dinosaurs coincided with environmental changes driven by major volcanic eruptions over …

Sustainable vertical farming meets personalised nutrition
Added: 13 Sep 2021
A new project is set to bring sustainable vertical farming and personalised nutrition into the home…

Study debunks myth that carnivores roam wild in absence of humans
Added: 13 Aug 2021
As people sheltered in place at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, sightings of wildlife in urban …

Making a clean break from plastics
Added: 16 Jul 2021
Plastic is no longer fantastic. Nadine Bellamy-Thomas looks at how laboratories are adopting more s…

Banking botanicals: protecting plants and safeguarding seeds
Added: 16 Jul 2021
Following up on the wonderful photo story, ‘Botanical biodiversity banked’, published on our websit…

Demystifying plant biostimulants for selection based on crop growing goals
Added: 16 Jul 2021
Plant biostimulants have now been categorised by into eight classes based on their modes of action.…

Rapid sampling to support local communities in a time of great need
Added: 5 Jul 2021
When disaster strikes, even a team of environmental chemists simply doing what they do best but doi…

New dipping solution turns the whole fish into valuable food
Added: 16 Jun 2021
When herring are filleted, more than half their weight becomes a low-value ‘side stream’ that never…

EV design concept capable of 30% longer range
Added: 1 Jun 2021
Automotive innovation start-up has revealed a patented design concept for an electric vehicle capab…

Are UK Zoos putting the Con in Conservation?
Added: 27 May 2021
A shocking new report published by Born Free highlights that the majority of species found in the U…