AI could help orchard robots stay on course. A new system combines drone imagery and LiDAR to cut mapping drift and improve autonomous field operations on site.
A $5.8B Dresden chip expansion is putting water infrastructure in focus. Gradiant delivered ultrapure and recycled water systems three months early.
Tantangan Solar is now generating power in Mindanao. The 99 MW project pairs solar with battery storage to boost grid flexibility and renewable power supply.
A Hefei, China study finds urban trees and shrubs each add different pollutants, nitrogen, phosphorus, organic carbon, to rainfall passing through canopies.
A peer-reviewed study finds nanoplastics in McMurdo Dry Valleys soil at over half of sites sampled, the first such evidence in Antarctica's soils.
European BEV registrations topped 1.2 million in the first half of 2026. The next challenge is scaling charging, grid capacity and policy support across Europe.
OSTP's new report pushes federal R&D toward venture funding, AI-driven discovery and domestic manufacturing, reflecting Kratsios' Silicon Valley background.
A new peer-reviewed study projects China's aviation NOx and PM emissions could rise 59-149% by 2035, with new airports and mid-sized cities driving growth.
Siemens' new microgrid pairs solar power with battery storage at its Wendell, North Carolina plant. It is built to keep critical production moving in an outage.
Rodale is betting $139 million on moving 10 million U.S. acres into organic production. Farmer economics and clear tracking will decide if it works in practice.
New Hampshire has signed a law directing its Department of Energy to assess transformer vulnerability to geomagnetic and electromagnetic disturbances.
Cigarette butts still lead coastal litter totals. Disposable vapes and nicotine pouches now add batteries, plastics and hazardous residues to this waste stream.
UNESCO's first Science Decade report finds governance-focused research trailing innovation by over 3 to 1, a gap it says is raising technology deployment risk.
New IRP filings from 23 U.S. utilities show a shift to scenario-based forecasting as data centers drive demand, raising planning risk for facilities leaders.
A Bridge Michigan investigation found 100,000 residents live downstream of deteriorating dams, a pattern repeating in states across the country.
Syngenta and Groundwork BioAg are pairing fungal crop inputs with soil carbon programs. Farmers could gain soil benefits and fresh revenues from carbon credits.
California regulators opened public comment on EVOCA® after a positive health review. A final decision could follow later in 2026 for the Biotalys biofungicide.
NATO's new 5% GDP spending target could add millions of tonnes of emissions yearly, an SGR analysis finds, as the alliance's own climate targets stall.
Europe’s renewable boom is exposing gaps in grid flexibility. Pumped storage is gaining attention as negative prices, heat and curtailment rise.
A new model shows how tiny spacer layers change 2D perovskites. It could help engineers design better LEDs, solar cells and other light-based devices.