carbon dioxide

Ethereum's Merge slashes power consumption by 99.9%

Systems Management

Ethereum's Merge slashes power consumption by 99.9%

Moving from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake will have lasting repercussions for tech markets and the environment

clock 16 September 2022 • 3 min read
Cambridge researchers develop supercapacitor that absorbs CO2 while it charges

Green

Cambridge researchers develop supercapacitor that absorbs CO2 while it charges

The technology could help speed up carbon capture and storage innovations at much lower costs

clock 23 May 2022 • 3 min read
World's largest carbon capture plant will negate just three seconds of CO² in a year

Green

World's largest carbon capture plant will negate just three seconds of CO² in a year

Worldwide CO² emissions will exceed 33 billion tons this year

clock 27 September 2021 • 3 min read

Green

Apple says more than 110 of its global suppliers are moving to 100 per cent renewable energy

Once completed, these commitments should help avoid annual emissions of 15 million metric tons of carbon dioxide

clock 06 April 2021 • 3 min read

Strategy

Microsoft pledges to become 'carbon negative' by 2030

Microsoft to create $1bn fund to accelerate development of carbon-tackling technologies

clock 17 January 2020 • 2 min read

Communications

Technique to convert CO2 into solid carbon particles devised by scientists

Liquid alloy of indium, gallium and tin used as catalyst to convert CO2 back to carbon

clock 27 February 2019 • 2 min read

Strategy

A novel approach to direct electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide could help in fight against global warming

The technique uses a rhenium-based catalyst capable of targeting CO2 molecules with high selectivity even in very low concentration

clock 29 November 2018 •

Chips and Components

MIT engineers create material that reacts with CO2 to grow, strengthen and repair itself

New material uses carbon dioxide from the air to repair and reinforce itself

clock 12 October 2018 • 3 min read