'The Manta' Sailing Vessel is Designed to Feed on Plastic Waste for Power - While Cleaning Oceans
Gathering plastic waste and turning it into fuel, the concept Manta sailing vessel would be revolutionary.
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The World Has Achieved Huge Milestones in 6 Areas of Renewable Energy So Far This Year
Painting the picture of a changing energy sector the world over, the first 6 months of 2021 saw momentous milestones to carbon neutrality.
Listen to the First Eerie Sounds From Mars: China's Rover Films Itself Driving on Red Planet, Making History
Audio and video of China's recently landed Mars rover has been released—the first ever footage of a rover driving on the Red Planet.
Company Mimics Spiders to Create Lustrous Faux Silk That is 1,000x More Energy Efficient
Mimicking how spiders spins silk, Spintex has created a high performance, biodegradable textile 1,000x more efficient than man-made fabric.
Retired Wind Turbine Blades Get Turned into Bridges and Reinforced Concrete
To prevent thousands of first gen. wind turbine blades ending up in landfills, Ireland uses to make bridges, reinforce concrete, and more.
A Rose Inspired This Design For the Smartest Way to Collect And Purify Water
A new device for collecting and purifying water was inspired by a rose and is a dramatic improvement on current methods.
Google and Harvard Map a Tiny Bit of Our Ridiculously Complex Brain Connections in Unprecedented Detail
Containing 1.4 petabytes and 225 million images, the H01 Dataset from Google and Harvard is the most detailed brain image ever made.
This Self-Healing Cement Automatically Fills Any Cracks That Form, To Save Energy and Money
Using CO2 in the air and an enzyme from our red blood cells, English scientists have created concrete that is self-repairing.
LEGO Lovers Will Swoon Over This New Typewriter Set, With Keys That Actually Move Like the Real Thing
LEGO has just released a new model in its 'Ideas' range—a vintage typewriter with real moving keys.
Electronic Nose Has Been Developed That 'Sniffs Out' Covid Infections - in Just 80 Seconds
This 'electronic nose' from the Weizmann Institute of Science cna sniff out COVID-19 in seconds, with 94% accuracy.
To Respond to Rising Sea Levels, The Maldives is Building a Floating City
Responding to climate change threatening to wash them away, the 25 coral and sand atolls of the Maldives are building a floating city.
These Homegrown Mushroom Hives Could Save Ireland's Bees
This mycelium and bamboo beehive can be grown at home to support the exclusive flourishing of native Irish black bees
Sustainable Wind Turbine Towers Being Made of Eco-Friendly Wood
Super-strong laminated veneer lumber is a Swedish company's answer to the carbon emissions from steel used to make wind turbines.
European Cities Are Turning Rooftops Into Community and Sustainability Hubs: 'A revolution in urban planning'
Designs have included parks, cultural and event spaces, stargazing platforms, and water catchment areas or gardens.
Roads are Lasting Twice as Long Thanks to Recycled Tire Rubber
Rubber from used tyres acts like sunscreen for roads and halves the rate of sun damage when mixed with bitumen, new research from RMIT has found.
Electric Cars Could Be Made With Plastic From Clunkers According to New Research
Electric cars could be made with plastic from old clunkers, according to new research. The substance utilized is graphene.
Cheap Gel Packs Can Pull Many Liters of Water From Even Desert Air
University of Texas reearchers have developed a low-cost gel film made of abundant materials that can pull drinkable water from the air in even the driest climates.
How 'Frozen Zoos' Are Helping Save Vanishing Species
The "zoo" in San Diego has been responsible for cloning four species, and could be key to saving the Northern white rhino.
Scientists Discover Breakthrough Method of Making Advanced Electronics With H20
The market for expensive fabrication methods in electronics manufacturing could soon dry up after a high-performance material was created via solution processing.
Protein 'Motors' Can Swim Around Wounds to Kill Bacteria -And Deliver Lifesaving Drugs
The nanobots chaotically propel themselves around quite randomly, but even that was shown as more effective than topical antibiotics.
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