Environment

A remarkable light-emitting material, gallium nitride, could slash electricity consumption, purify water and kill superbugs.

Coal – affordable and still abundant – but also the worst offender when it comes to fuel-associated carbon emissions. How well can coal be cleaned up...

How can the cost of solar cells be reduced enough to make them a feasible source of large-scale renewable energy? The answer is to make them thin.

A new study out today found that many nations throughout the world, including the United Kingdom, are seeing an annual increase in visitors to their...

The Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) is a new and pioneering partnership formed by the University of Cambridge and leading conservation...

New understanding of the physics of clouds is helping to model both climate change and the impact of volcanic eruptions and wild fires.

A new way of making LEDs could see household lighting bills reduced by up to 75% in five years time, thanks to research at Cambridge University.

At first glance, reasons for researching locations as different as the Arctic and Mexico are not self-evident. But comparison is at the core of...