A new battery material could offer a more sustainable way to power electric cars. The lithium-ion battery includes a cathode based on organic materials, instead of cobalt or nickel. * This article was originally published here

A new study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce. * This article was originally published here

A research team has developed a novel catalyst for the high-efficiency and stable production of high-purity green hydrogen. * This article was originally published here

The late data visualisation master, Hans Rosling, changed how I think about the world. His TED Talks and work at Gapminder revealed centuries of human progress that I was completely unaware of. I thought everything in the world was getting worse: poverty, child mortality, life expectancy, hunger, and access to education and healthcare. He showed

Delhi needs the help of its rural neighbors to finally beat its killer smog problem, concludes a recent review. * This article was originally published here

With disease and high demand posing threats to the world’s primary natural rubber supply in Southeast Asia, scientists are working to ramp up the U.S. rubber market by advancing methods to extract latex from two sustainable North American plant sources: a dandelion species and a desert shrub. * This article was originally published here

Researchers have achieved a major breakthrough in Redox Flow Desalination (RFD), an emerging electrochemical technique that can turn seawater into potable drinking water and also store affordable renewable energy. * This article was originally published here

On the global carbon market, credits for distributing efficient cookstoves in countries that traditionally burn wood or kerosene are the fastest growing type of offset traded. A new study evaluates these credits against published data on cookstove efficiency and usage and concludes that cookstove offsets are 10 times overvalued. The group offers guidance for choosing

A new portable filtration system collects dirty water with a syringe and injects it into a hydrogel filter that weeds out nearly all tiny particles. * This article was originally published here

Despite strict EU regulations on plastic recycling, there is little oversight on plastic waste shipped from the EU to Vietnam. A large percentage of the exported European plastic cannot be recycled and gets dumped in nature, according to recent research. * This article was originally published here