Duke University

Rising CO₂ levels are a major driver of climate change, and cutting emissions isn't enough—we need to remove CO₂ already in the air. Direct air capture (DAC) can do this, but it requires better ...

The mining of heavy metals accounts for about 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, exposure to elevated levels of metals like lead, mercury, and cadmium is estimated to cause over 1...

Lichens, symbioses between fungi and algae, survive levels of desiccation lethal to most organisms. We recently discovered that seemingly unnecessary extra DNA segments ("introns") present in th...