UC Irvine becomes the first college in the nation to convert to all-electric bus fleet.
Pure electricity
$5M foundation gift to help support US-China energy center
Gift will also create Berkeley Lab’s first endowed chair.
Learning to live without plastic
A professor challenges the ease with which we turn to synthetic materials.
New technology will cut plug-in hybrid fuel consumption by one-third
Researchers look to birds flying in formation and find a way to make vehicles more efficient.
Global warming hiatus disproved — again
Study confirms steady warming of oceans for past 45 years.
Berkeley Lab awarded $4.6M for transformational agriculture technologies
Two projects will provide a window to the underground, yielding information on roots and soil.
A house designed for drought
UC Davis students tackle the water crisis in their entry for the Department of Energy’s 2017 Solar Decathlon.
In a national first, UC Irvine injects renewable hydrogen into campus power supply
Power-to-gas technique offers new way to store and use excess wind and solar energy.
Chilling climate revelations from a previous ice age
Major changes in ice and temperatures could cause abrupt transformations elsewhere, study shows.
Using plants and quantum physics for potential superefficient solar cells
Physicist discovers how to make photocells mimic the way plants maximize their absorption of sunlight.
The future of nuclear energy
New startups are paving the way for a leaner, greener version of the power source.
The extraordinary effects of dust on global weather
Climate change could double the volume of dust in the atmosphere, warn UC San Diego scientists.