Infrastructure

In the heart of Jiangsu Province’s coalfields, a team led by Zhimin Xu of the China University of Mining and Technology has cracked open a new pathway for managing one of the mining industry’s most persistent headaches: high-salinity mine water. Xu a

In the arid expanses of California’s Imperial Valley, where the earth’s heat bubbles to the surface in steaming vents and bubbling mud pots, a quiet revolution is underway. Orkhan Khankishiyev, a researcher at the University of Oklahoma, has uncovere

In a quiet laboratory in Karlsruhe, Germany, a team led by Chang Li at the Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, has uncovered a way to fine-tune the modeling of small-scale energy systems that could rip

In the arid landscapes of northern China, where the Yellow River’s waters sustain millions of people and vast agricultural fields, groundwater is quietly disappearing—sometimes faster than the eye can see. But a new study led by Shuitao Guo of Xi’an

The coal gasification industry is at a crossroads. As China accelerates its green energy transition under the “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality” strategy, the country’s reliance on coal—even in cleaner forms—demands innovative solutions for its b

In the arid expanses of the Ordos Basin, where coal mining is both a lifeline and a threat to fragile ecosystems, a breakthrough is quietly reshaping how the energy sector manages one of its most persistent challenges: highly mineralized mine water.

The resilience of drinking water wells in Maragheh City, Iran, has just been mapped with unprecedented precision, offering a blueprint for safeguarding groundwater supplies in arid and semi-arid regions worldwide. A new study published in *Anthropoge

The world’s oceans are the planet’s silent highways, ferrying over 80% of global trade by volume—including the energy sector’s lifeblood: oil, liquefied natural gas, and chemicals. Yet beneath the surface of this vast logistical network lies a growin