💡 Innovation
🔋 New electric car battery reduces charging time from hours to minutes
A new anode in a lithium-ion battery could drastically reduce the time it takes to charge the battery.
🔊 Paper-thin speakers produce bold sound
Researchers have designed speakers that are no thicker than a sheet of pape and can be "wallpapered" on the walls.
🚤 Automated and eco-friendly water taxi
A new automated and eco-friendly water taxi launches in the Netherlands. It’s called the Roboat and it’s now navigating the canals running through Amsterdam.
🌊 Systems absorb CO2 from the air by taking it from the sea
A research team from UCLA have proposed a solution to the CO2 problem and they believe the ocean to be the key.
🌳 Kenyan community regrew its forest - and stopped flooding
A community in Kenya called Mirema Community Forest Association (CFA) regrew its forest and by doing so reduced their flooding problem.
🌳 Experimental “super forest” shows how to plant trees the right way
This experimental “super forest” in England aims to show us how to plant trees the right way.
🕶 Ocean Cleanup’s sunglasses fund more cleanup missions
Ocean Cleanup has designed a pair of sunglasses from the trash they have gathered from oceans and other watercourses.
🌾 Improved crops without genetic modification
A newly developed way to improve crop quality without any genetic modification might make the promise of scientific advancement in food production come sooner.
🐢 App prevents illegal trade with sea turtles
In order to help the hawksbill sea turtle, scientists have created an app called SEE Shell which uses AI to tell if a piece of “tortoiseshell” is real or not.