💡 Innovation
⏱️ Ancient diseases can become modern medicine
Bacteria associated with the ancient disease leprosy can reprogram cells to make the liver grow.
🌿 Genetically modified plant is 30 times better at cleaning the air
By modifying a few genes in an ordinary golden vine, it is possible to increase the plant's ability to clean air and also make it clean the air from more kinds of particles.
💻 Ecosia's new function can show if companies are "greenwashers"
The search engine Ecosia has a new feature which can help its users understand if major businesses actually commit to the climate or if they are greenwashers.
🔋 New path towards better rechargeable batteries
A previously unknown process shows the way to better performance in rechargeable batteries.
🌉 The mobile phone can measure the strength of bridges
An ordinary mobile phone can work as part of an early warning system that shows if a bridge needs maintenance to keep traffic flowing.
🔋 Batteries last 50 percent longer with new material
A new material might make it possible to not have to replace fixed batteries as often as is currently needed.
♻️ Wind turbines can soon capture CO2 and generate renewable energy at the same time
Soon, wind turbines could be able to both provide the world with clean energy and at the same time capture carbon dioxide from the air and use it to produce materials like for example concrete.
🚢 Solar-powered barges can capture 50 tons of plastic from rivers each day
The Ocean Cleanup has come up with a novel solution to stop plastic entering our oceans via rivers - a solar-powered barge which uses curved barriers to catch waste floating downstream.
💻 New chip breaks world record in data transmission
A new optical chip can transfer twice as much data with a single laser as the entire internet can currently handle.
🔋 New battery can provide faster fast-charging for electric cars
Better regulation of the battery's temperature during charging will provide fast charging even for smaller batteries and guarantee that a charge does not take more than ten minutes.
🛩The RobotFalcon: an innovative solution to bird and aircraft collisions
The University of Groningen located in the Netherlands has been working on a solution to the problem of birds colliding with airplanes: a robotic falcon controlled from the ground.
🌳 Spectacular rooftop forest planned for an old Courthouse in London
A spectacular rooftop forest is planned for an old courthouse in London. 125 trees and more than 10 000 plants will be planted.