💡 Innovation
🤖 Robot collects rare minerals from the seafloor
A company has proven that sustainable ocean mining is possible with the world's first hovering robot.
🔋 Seasalt batteries - a cheap, green alternative to lithium
Researchers have designed a cheap new sea salt battery with four times the energy storage capacity of lithium.
😮 Internet pioneer: IKEA almost decided to become Amazon, before Amazon
In the late 1990s, a Swedish internet pioneer's masterstroke made IKEA into Europe's largest e-commerce business. But he also proposed that IKEA should do the very thing that Jeff Bezos later did with Amazon.
🚗 Car powered by the sun is soon coming to the US
In the beginning of next year a car powered by the sun called Squad solar electric city car is coming to the US.
🧪 Chemical process turns non-recyclable PVC into useful materials
New research from the University of Michigan has targeted one of the most difficult materials to reuse, namely PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and created a chemical process which can turn this previously non-recyclable material into something useful.
💊 Cure for MS-like disease
Immunotherapy, inspired by revolutionary cancer treatment, eliminates disease-causing cells in MS-like disease.
⚡ Nuclear fusion breakthrough: More energy out than in
For the first time in history, scientists have managed to produce more energy from nuclear fusion than what was required for the lasers to drive it.
🏡 3D-printed house made of "wood flour" is completely recyclable
Researchers have, for the first time, created a 3D-printed home made completely from natural materials. It’s made out of wood fibers and bio-resins left over from sawmills.
🛣 Two new roads in Detroit charge cars on the go
Detroit’s two new roads can charge electric vehicles that use a particular receiver on the go. The roads will be completely operational by 2023.