Over the past decade, however, a promising new class of photovoltaic material has come to the fore – perovskite crystals made of a combination of organic and inorganic materials, such as lead-halide.
Read More >>Au Canada, l’été 2023 a été marqué par la fumée des feux de forêt. Mais au-delà des avertissements sur la qualité de l’air, beaucoup de questions sur la nature même de cette fumée restent sans réponse. Des chercheurs tentent de dissiper ce brouillard.
Read More >>At the levels surveyed, aquatic wildlife are at risk of ingesting enough microplastics to fill their guts, diluting their regular food and its nutritional value.
Read More >>In 2018, scientists deliberately poured dilbit into a freshwater lake, and now their findings – which they hope will inform future clean up efforts – are starting to come out.
Read More >>Ocean acidification is going to do all sorts of weird things to animals’ sensory perception.
Read More >>Not long ago, the amusing habit of grizzly bears rubbing their backs against a tree was assumed to be because these bruins were scratching an itch. But research is revealing that back rubbing bears have more to say.
Read More >>University-industry partnership aims to create a new type of chemical spray that helps plants fight their own battles and is less harmful to the environment.
Read More >>Two recently banned pesticides have all but vanished from the atmosphere around the Great Lakes, but others phased out decades earlier don’t seem to be going anywhere.
Read More >>Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a way to help reduce one of the biggest sources of the plastic pollution choking our oceans: not single-use straws or bags, but tiny fibres shed from synthetic fabrics like polyester and nylon.
Read More >>En résolvant un mystère cellulaire vieux de plus de 150 ans, des chercheurs de l’Université McGill ont découvert un couteau suisse moléculaire d’une polyvalence surprenante.
Read More >>A biomaterials researcher and a First Nations community are teaming up in British Columbia to produce biodegradable packing foam using scrap wood from logging. The partnership aims to create a product that can break down much faster than Styrofoam, which is made from fossil fuels.
Read More >>Municipalities and environmental groups are sounding the alarm over a recent spike in exploratory mining claims for critical minerals in natural areas and near parks in the province’s southern tourist region.
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