Researchers at ORNL uncover the chemical reaction that helps break down biomass for biofuel

Chemist group wins NSF award to access supercomputer network

“For cellulosic biofuels to become economically feasible, microbes need to be able to convert all of a plant’s sugars, including xylose, into fuel."

Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories are conducting the largest model-scale wave energy testing of its kind to improve the performance of wave-energy converters

First evidence for new molecular structure could open doors to chemical solutions for environmental problems

The worst-case scenario has the frequency increasing by 17 times by the year 2100, according to predictions published Oct. 10 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The Arctic's wintertime ice hit a record low this year, and its air is warming, according to NASA

More aridity is sending thousands of square miles up in flames

While no one will call a handheld “everything” field environmental laboratory a concrete goal, that is where the industry is heading.

Megadroughts are rare events, occurring only once or twice each millennium

"We have made a video of a very fundamental process: for the first time we are not imagining what is happening inside a solar cell, we are actually seeing it" says researcher

Berkeley Lab develops better method of environmental monitoring using the PhyloChip, finds surprising results in Russian River watershed