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The dismal reality of China's pollution problem is put in context by this chart.

The first bricks of a canal house in Amsterdam have been printed, bringing the world a step closer to 3D-printed buildings. Dutch architects are taking things full-scale with a life-size, habitable canal house.

Scientists from Osaka University and the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology presented their “biofuel cell”: cockroach power.

Researchers have developed a battery that runs on sugar, emits only water, is refillable and biodegradable, and has more energy-storage density than lithium ion batteries.

Researchers discovered a type of sodium bismuthate (Na3Bi) in a quantum matter form called 3DTDS, and apparently it’s something scientists have been looking for since they first got so excited about graphene.

A nickel alloy wind turbine that's approximately 1.8 milimeters in diameter--the smallest working windmill yet constructed--could eventually be worked into panels that power your smartphone.

The promise of hydrogen fuel cell cars is some way off.

According to a new report, in 2012, every man, woman, and child in the US hauled a 30 kg bag of E-waste to the curb. That's six times more than someone in China, and ten times the average Indian's haul. 

A new report coming out of Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies shows there are few if any substitutes at this time for many metals critical to our gadgets, smartphones, computers, and vehicles.

An old method of electricity generation--thermionic generation--is revived in the hope of reaching substantially higher efficiencies.