Climate Change Seaweed could make cows burp less methane and cut their carbon hoofprint A diet supplemented with red algae could lessen the huge amounts of greenhouse gases emitted by cows and sheep, if we can just figure out how to grow enough. by James Temple 2018-11-23T05:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy Reinventing Rice for a World Transformed by Climate Change UC Davis plant geneticist Pamela Ronald wants to create rice varieties that can survive in harsher conditions, including more frequent droughts. by James Temple 2017-05-04T13:01:00-04:00
Rewriting Life A Microbial Encyclopedia Scientists have mapped the genomes of 56 species of microbes. by Emily Singer 2009-12-23T13:00:00-05:00
Sustainable Energy Ultracaps Could Boost Hybrid Efficiency Recent studies point to the potential of ultracapacitors to augment conventional batteries. by Kevin Bullis 2009-08-20T00:00:00-04:00