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Viking-themed, zero-emission, superyacht concept features giant solar cell sails
This Super-yacht features space-age technology in the form of solar sails that let the enormous ship set off around the oceans of the world.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 15, 2021


New green process pulls lithium from contaminated water to meet growing global demand
Although the supply of lithium around the world is plentiful, getting access to it and extracting it remains challenging and inefficient.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 15, 2021


Could the water in bedrock save our forest ecosystems from climate change?
You can’t squeeze water from a rock. But tree roots can —and they’re doing it more frequently than scientists previously thought.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 14, 2021


Researchers are toilet-training cows to save the planet
On a farm where cows freely relieve themselves as they graze, the accumulation and spread of waste often contaminates soil and waterways.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 13, 2021


Quantum chemists conjure recipe to turn gold, silver and copper into vessels of green energy
Quantum chemists believe gold, silver and copper could help the world take a leap towards green energy
Joshua Shavit
Sep 13, 2021


MRI scan reveals spectacular ice age landscapes beneath the North Sea
Spectacular ice age landscapes beneath the North Sea have been discovered using 3D seismic reflection technology.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 13, 2021


New superconducting magnet breaks magnetic field records, paving the way for fusion energy
The creation of practical, inexpensive, carbon-free power plants that could limit the effects of global climate change.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 13, 2021


Saildrone’s low-carbon ocean drones can help enable renewable energy
Saildrone has unveiled its Offshore Wind Life Cycle solutions that, it says, will help make new offshore wind farms a reality.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 13, 2021


Ancient sea ice core sheds light on modern climate change
Marine sediment cores are yielding new insights into the complicated relationship between sea ice and climate change.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 12, 2021


Amazon community transforms waste products into valuable resources
With the support of NGOs and business, the inhabitants of small towns in the Amazon are practicing a self-sustaining circular economy.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 12, 2021


Transforming ‘sewer gas’ into clean hydrogen fuel
Scientists have found a new chemical process to turn a stinky, toxic gas into a clean-burning fuel.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 12, 2021


In 1 minute a new technology can brighten lives in the developing world for over 2 hours
Statistics show that 67% of the developing world still goes without household electricity and relying on poluting kerosene lamps for light.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 12, 2021


New lamp generates light for 45 days with half-liter of salt water
There are approximately 840 million people worldwide who do not have access to electricity. The project emerged to brighten up lives.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 10, 2021


New room-temperature COVID-19 vaccines are grown in plants and bacteria
Researchers have developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can take the heat. Their key ingredients? Viruses from plants or bacteria.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 10, 2021


Putting a price on climate change
The social cost of carbon dioxide is one of the most influential indicators of climate change.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 9, 2021


Floating islands give plants and animals a place to live while cleaning polluted waterways
The world's largest floating river bank in French inner-city canal which has transformed plant and insect life in waterways around the world
Joseph Shavit
Sep 9, 2021


Drought–more than temperature–governs diversity of life on Earth
Scientists have long believed that temperature, especially freezing cold, limits diversity of plant species.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 9, 2021


Green solution to combine sunlight and wastewater to make Ammonia 10x more efficiently
Engineers at the University of Illinois have created a solar-powered electrochemical reaction that not only uses wastewater to make ammonia
Joseph Shavit
Sep 9, 2021


VW ID.LIFE concept car comes with a built-in projector and games console
Electric cars are already a smorgasbord of new and exciting tech, but this new concept car from VW takes it to a whole new level.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 8, 2021


Crewless boats are mapping the ocean thanks to XOCEAN - an Irish startup
Two uncrewed vessels remotely controlled from shore have travelled up to 40 kilometres offshore into the North Sea to undertake survey work
Joseph Shavit
Sep 8, 2021
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