Stretchy seaweed, reverse vending machines, QR-coded take-out boxes: They’re how we can break society’s absurd addiction to single-use plastics.
01/08/2024
Roughly 10 percent of the world’s energy is used for cooling, with much of the necessary electricity generated by fossil fuels. Companies need to make AC much more efficient—as soon as possible.
16/07/2024
Loaded with ever more renewables, the grid will need to store a whole lot of energy. Enter: a new kind of magic school bus—one that can both charge and give power back.
15/05/2024
Platelets help blood clot, but they have a short shelf life. With blood in short supply, synthetic platelets could help meet demand.
13/05/2024
Donor livers are in short supply for transplants. A startup is attempting to grow new ones in people instead.
02/04/2024
Companies will no longer be allowed to use software checks to verify replacement parts in a major step forward for the right-to-repair movement.
29/03/2024
Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are residents so resistant?
20/03/2024
Your pets can already eat a chewable tablet for tick prevention. Now, a pill that paralyzes and kills ticks has shown positive results in a small human trial.
15/03/2024
Houston-based rBIO has invented a new process to churn out insulin at higher yields using custom-made bacteria.
02/02/2024
Startups are processing plant waste into concentrated carbon to be buried or injected underground. It’s like fossil fuels, but in reverse.
10/01/2024
The idea that sprinkling rock dust on farmland can soak up atmospheric carbon will be tested at large scale thanks to a $57 million purchase from corporations including Stripe and Alphabet.
07/12/2023
A new approach to geothermal energy makes it possible to tap the energy of hot rocks just about anywhere. A pilot plant in Nevada is now helping to power Google data centers.
28/11/2023
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