Impacts Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash How did nanoplastics end up at the North and South Pole? For the first time researchers have identified the presence of tiny polluting plastic particles at both of the world’s polar regions.
Newsletter www.wired.com The next generation of batteries could be built by viruses Angela Belcher found a way to turn nature's zombies into a tiny assembly line. But creating a new power cell might be just the beginning.
Solutions www.wired.com Cheap nanoparticles pave the way for carbon-neutral fuel A new way to produce nanoparticles—which convert carbon dioxide emissions into fuel—may help a niche green-energy technology go mainstream.
Causes www.deseretnews.com Young people who live in cities may have billions of toxic air pollution particles in their hearts A new study shows air pollution particles can cause damage in the cells of the heart's critical pumping muscles, even in children as young as three-years-old.
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley
