Oil giant Chevron is to slash its workforce by 15– 20% by the end of 2026, losing up to 9000 jobs. The goal is to simplify the company’s structure and reduce annual costs by around $2–3 billion (£1.6–2.4 billion).
Chevron is not…
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An emissions tale of two cities: Salt Lake City vs. Los Angeles
They may both be Olympic host cities, but Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, the major population hubs of their respective states, are much different places. However, they both experience poor air quality and share valley topography that traps…
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Are our refrigerants environmentally safe? The lingering questions about the chemicals keeping us cool
A team of scientists at UNSW has discovered that some of the most important new refrigerants break down, in part, into persistent greenhouse gas pollutants, including compounds that have been banned internationally. Refrigerants are chemicals…
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‘Fluorescent phoenix’ discovered with persistence rivaling Marie Curie’s
A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) has successfully developed a super-photostable organic dye after two years of dedicated research — demonstrating perseverance akin to that of Marie Curie, who painstakingly…
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Student refines 100-year-old math problem, expanding wind energy possibilities
A Penn State engineering student refined a century-old math problem into a simpler, more elegant form, making it easier to use and explore. Divya Tyagi’s work expands research in aerodynamics, unlocking new possibilities in wind turbine design…
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Influencer marketing can help tourism industry mitigate waste, pollution
Social media influencers who are passionate about environmental causes can help the tourism industry inspire tourists to engage in pro-environmental behavior to help mitigate waste and pollution, according to a new study from researchers in the…
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Material’s ‘incipient’ property could jumpstart fast, low-power electronics
Scientists at Penn State have harnessed a unique property called incipient ferroelectricity to create a new type of computer memory that could revolutionize how electronic devices work, such as using much less energy and operating in extreme…
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Neolithic monument resembling Woodhenge uncovered in Denmark
Archaeologists in Denmark have uncovered a 4,000-year-old monument that closely resembles England’s Woodhenge timber circle.
The monument was discovered during construction works for a new housing estate in the Danish town of Aars, located in…
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Homo sapiens Were Living in African Wet Tropical Forests as Early as 150,000 Years Ago
New research led by Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology scientists challenges conventional ideas about the habitability of ancient tropical forests and suggests that West Africa may have been an important center for the evolution of our…
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Biosignatures on Mars: Testing Earth’s Gypsum for Martian Microbes
What tests can be performed on Earth to help us find signs of ancient life on Mars? This is what a recent study published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences hopes to address as a team of researchers…
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