Company turns seaweed into edible & biodegradable packaging

One potential solution to the massive plastic pollution could come from Evoware, which makes seaweed-based packaging that is 100% biodegradable and edible as well.

43.6% of Denmark's electricity came from wind last year

The next goal is for Denmark to reach 50% wind energy by 2020.

We've Entered a New Era of Quantum Computing

When future computing historians look back on the era starting around 2017, they’ll have a word to describe it: the NISQ era.

Largest known prime number discovered

The new prime number is nearly one million digits larger than the previous record prime number, in a special class of extremely rare prime numbers known as Mersenne primes.

Saturn's moon Titan sports Earth-like features

Using the now-complete Cassini data set, astronomers have created a new global topographic map of Titan.

Chinese Lander Will Carry Insects and Plants to the Moon

Later this year, the Chang’e 4 mission will depart for the far side of the Moon, where it will study the local geology and test the effects of lunar gravity on insects and plants.

The Massive Project to Clean Up the Ocean With a Two-Kilometer Screen

Founded in 2013 by Boyan Slat, an 18-year-old from the Netherlands, The Ocean Cleanup has been dubbed “the largest cleanup in history.”

Cities are moving toward clean, renewable energy

Today, more than 50 cities and towns in the United States have committed to move to 100 percent clean, renewable energy.

The Dutch plan to build world's largest wind farm

A company who controls the grid system of the Netherlands, released plans to construct an artificial island to host the world's largest wind farm.

Tweaking quantum dots powers-up double-pane solar windows

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboraotry are creating double-pane solar windows that generate electricity with greater efficiency and also create shading and insulation.

Growing organs a few ink drops at a time

Researchers refine method of making bio-ink droplets stick to each other, enabling 3D printing of highly complex biological structures with a wide variety of cell types using inkjet printers.

Water is able to exist in two liquid states

Scientists have long sought to unravel the mysteries of water, and researchers at Stockholm University say the compound's odd behavior stems from its ability to exist in two, liquid states.

Supermassive Black Holes can Turn Star Formation On and Off

A new study by a team of international astronomers has provided the first direct evidence that supermassive black holes affect star formation in their galaxies.