Many of the problems human engineers face have already been solved by nature, so why not use those as a jumping off point? Making artificial versions of the humble leaf has been an ongoing area of ...

An artificial leaf created by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago captures greenhouse gas and puts it to work again. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of those greenhouse gases that builds ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. More than 10 years ago, Miguel Modestino was a PhD student at ...

Leaves – the kind that grow on trees – create energy from sunlight and water through the process of photosynthesis. For over a decade, scientists have been kicking around the idea of creating an ...

Chinese researchers have developed a new kind of artificial leaf that can track the movement of the sun, much like real ...

Climate change, pollution, fossil fuel dependency—these are some of the most pressing issues of our time. But what if nature already held the blueprint for a cleaner, more sustainable future? In a ...

At Cambridge University, it’s not uncommon to glance at the River Cam and spot a punt boat crammed with students, or perhaps an emerald-headed mallard floating along the water. A more extraordinary ...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into ethanol and propanol. These so-called ‘drop-in’ fuels can ...

If humans could invent a leaf-like solar cell that could turn carbon dioxide pollution from the atmosphere into fuel for electric power plants, it could help reduce reliance on fossil fuels and cut ...