A new study reports a breakthrough in sustainable energy materials by transforming biomass into a high-performance catalyst that could replace expensive platinum in fuel cells and metal-air batteries. Researchers have developed a cobalt-based multicomponent catalyst embedded in nitrogen-doped biochar that delivers strong performance in the oxygen reduction reaction, a key process that limits the efficiency...

Arts & Entertainment Community Environment Liz Racine has been around the water for her entire life. A self-described “artsy-fartsy kid,” the young marine scientist remembers interspersing her time on family vacations to the Florida Keys and fishing trips to Canada’s Vancouver Island with as much aquatic art as she could muster. As an adult, now...

Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. is now the world’s best-performing electric-vehicle stock, following a torrid rally fueled by optimism about the reinvention of a combustion engine-era brand.