The insightful Carbon Research Webinar, "Fossil-Free Graphite from Biomass for Greener Process Industries," is now available on-demand on YouTube!

A Georgia Tech-led team reveals how diatoms' rapid transformations are reshaping our understanding of how ocean sediments regulate carbon and climate.

Can you imagine a future where insulin releases itself—without sensors or human intervention?

Researchers at ESPOL have developed an advanced mathematical model that simulates a device capable of doing just that. Based on glucose sensitive hydrogels, this system could revolutionize diabetes treatment, offering a more autonomous, safe, and biocompatible approach.

The inherent directionality of speakers and complex shapes of car cabins can exacerbate sound disparities between the drivers and passengers, no matter how advanced a speaker system. In the Journal of Applied Physics, researchers create a prototype using a fractal to mitigate the sound differences. To create their metamaterial, they used precise molding to shape the fractal and then placed it over a car speaker. They measured the sound pressure levels at different seats in the car and found their disparity significantly decreased, including at higher frequencies.

SAN ANTONIO — November 11, 2025 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has expanded the capabilities of its world-class Metering Research Facility (MRF) to ensure existing natural gas infrastructure is compatible with hydrogen fuels. This initiative is supported by internal funding and combines SwRI’s expertise in energy, power, and automotive engineering to help several industries evaluate how blending hydrogen with natural gas affects infrastructure and technology.

Do renewables always make power cheaper? In the UK, it depends on how much is on the system. Using causal machine learning on 2018–2024 market data, researchers find wind’s causal effect is U-shaped: at low penetration, +1 GWh can reduce prices by up to £7/MWh, the effect weakens mid-range, then strengthens again at higher penetration. The impacts have grown over time as renewables’ share rose, providing an evidence base for market design and support policy. These findings support adaptive support schemes and capacity planning that reflect changing marginal value rather than one-size-fits-all assumptions.

Every sheet of frost contains ionic defects. In a new paper published in Small Methods, Jonathan Boreyko’s team uses high voltage to polarize these ions and rip off the frost.