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ClearFlame founders Julie Blumreiter and B.J. Johnson.

A Bill Gates-backed startup is retrofitting diesel engines to run on cleaner fuel and challenging the idea that ‘all carbon is evil’

Rendering of a planned mixed renewable energy farm with SolarDuck offshore floating solar panels.

A Dutch-Norwegian startup wants to open ‘a whole new frontier’ of renewable energy with solar farms that float on the ocean’s surface

The original suitcase-size portable desalinator from Professor Han’s lab, as miniaturized by Junghyo Yoon.

A DARPA grant inspired MIT scientists to build a desalinator the size of a briefcase that turns seawater into drinking water

Miguel A. Torres, president of Familia Torres

A winemaker set out to revive forgotten grapes. What he discovered could help save vineyards from climate change

CIRC<br />
JULIE WILLOUGHBY, PHD<br />
Chief Scientific Officer<br />
PETER MAJERANOWSKI<br />
Chief Executive Officer

Polyester-cotton blends are cheap, long lasting—and account for half of textile waste. A Bill Gates-backed startup has invented a way to recycle them into new threads

H2SITE co-founder Jon Melendez Rey.

A Bill Gates–backed startup is determined to solve the ‘pain in the neck’ problem keeping green hydrogen from fulfilling its clean energy potential

Javier Olivan, who will replace Sheryl Sandberg as Meta’s COO.

Who is Javier Oliván, Sheryl Sandberg’s replacement as Meta COO?

A nurse in London ties a tourniquet on a patient’s arm, preparing to draw a blood sample

There’s one big difference between Omicron and Delta symptoms, a major new study finds. Here’s how to tell them apart

Portrait of Dr. Peter Marks

Time is running short to make COVID variant vaccines for the coming autumn wave, FDA experts warn

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 30: U.S. President Joe Biden receives a fourth dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the South Court Auditorium on March 30, 2022 in Washington, DC. Before receiving his second booster shot President Biden gave remarks calling on Congress to pass further legislation to provide more funding to aid the Covid-19 pandemic response. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Second COVID-19 booster shots protect against Omicron infections—but not for long, major study says

Union organizer Christian Smalls speaks following the April 1, 2022, vote for the unionization of the Amazon Staten Island warehouse in New York. – Amazon workers in New York voted Friday to establish the first US union at the e-commerce giant, a milestone for a company that has steadfastly opposed organized labor in its massive workforce. Employees at the Staten Island JFK8 warehouse voted 2,654 to 2,131 in support of the unionizing drive, according to a tally of ballots from the National Labor Relations Board. (Photo by Andrea RENAULT / AFP) (Photo by ANDREA RENAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

No ‘union,’ ‘living wage,’ or ‘restrooms’: A planned Amazon internal app could ban words in employee chats

Olaf Scholz, Germany's chancellor, left, speaks during a news conference with U.S. President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Feb. 7 2022.

President Biden pledged to kill Europe’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine. Can he really do that?

By David Meyer and Ian Mount

College students in Madrid studying.

Spain suggests a radical ‘end-demic’ approach to Omicron: Just treat it like the flu

KRANJ, SLOVENIA – 2021/11/17: A student self-tests with a rapid COVID-19 antigen self-test kit in a primary school in Kranj.<br />
Starting on Wednesday, primary and secondary school children in Slovenia are required to self-test in school three times a week as the country faces a severe outbreak of COVID-19. (Photo by Luka Dakskobler/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Europe sends workers back home as dreaded winter COVID wave hits

U.S. markets bounce back, and crypto rises after inflation scare