Emerging Technology

Integrated thermal and phytoremediation of agricultural soils impacted by PFAS

Thompson JT, Dobson M, Suhrhoff TJesper, Kanzaki Y, Kent C, Bryce L, Milliken E, Reinhard CT, Yao Y, Planavsky N. Integrated thermal and phytoremediation of agricultural soils impacted by PFAS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [Internet]. 2026 ;123:e2600786123. Available from: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2600786123

Supply chain and environmental implications of waste-to-graphite

Zhang B, Chen Z, Wang H, Xu Y, Piao Z, Klee R, Reck BK, Li T, Park S, Hu L, et al. Supply chain and environmental implications of waste-to-graphite. Nature Reviews Clean Technology [Internet]. 2026 :1–18. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44359-026-00219-5

A Spatially Explicit Societal Life Cycle Cost Framework for Sustainable Biographite Production in the United States

Wang HSzu-Han, Gonzalez-Aguirre JA, Park S, Yao Y. A Spatially Explicit Societal Life Cycle Cost Framework for Sustainable Biographite Production in the United States. Environmental Science & Technology [Internet]. 2026 ;60:28596-28609. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c05424

Analyzing Co-Benefits and Rock Sourcing in Life Cycle and Techno-Economic Assessment of Enhanced Rock Weathering

Kroeger J, Zhang B, Planavsky N, Yao Y. Analyzing Co-Benefits and Rock Sourcing in Life Cycle and Techno-Economic Assessment of Enhanced Rock Weathering. Environmental Science & Technology [Internet]. 2026 ;60:6215-6226. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c14334

The role of biodegradable plastics in the global plastic future

Piao Z, Yao Y. The role of biodegradable plastics in the global plastic future. Nature Reviews Clean Technology. 2026 :1–16.

Eco-design for the sustainable scale-up of flexible transparent conductive electrodes at the early-stage development

Piao Z, Meza L, Shukla D, Venditti RA, Zhu Y, Yao Y. Eco-design for the sustainable scale-up of flexible transparent conductive electrodes at the early-stage development. Green Chem. [Internet]. 2025 ;27:15670-15683. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5GC03167B

Supply–demand strategies for near-term climate benefits from hydrogen in the United States

Xu Y, Peng W, Yao Y. Supply–demand strategies for near-term climate benefits from hydrogen in the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [Internet]. 2025 ;122(41):e2519606122. Available from: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2519606122

A view of the sustainable computing landscape

Lee BC, Brooks D, van Benthem A, Elgamal M, Gupta U, Hills G, Liu V, Phan LThi Xuan, Pierce B, Stewart C, et al. A view of the sustainable computing landscape. Patterns [Internet]. 2025 ;6. Available from: https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(25)00144-8

Life Cycle Assessment in the Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Land-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Gaps and Opportunities

Yao Y, Zhang B. Life Cycle Assessment in the Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Land-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Gaps and Opportunities. Environmental Science & Technology [Internet]. 2025 . Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c09510

Global land and carbon consequences of mass timber products

Lan K, Favero A, Yao Y, Mendelsohn RO, Wang HSzu-Han. Global land and carbon consequences of mass timber products. Nature Communications [Internet]. 2025 ;16:1–12. Available from: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60245-y