General Electric Produces Its First 100% Recyclable Wind Turbine That Can be...
The production of the first prototype 100% recyclable wind turbine blade has just been unveiled. The 62m (203-foot) blade was made using Arkema’s Elium resin, which is a thermoplastic resin well known...
View ArticleCup Cozy Inspired by a Squid’s Skin Will Keep Your Hands Cool and Your Coffee...
In the future, you may have a squid to thank for your coffee staying hot on a cold day. Drawing inspiration from cephalopod skin, engineers at the University of California, Irvine invented an adaptive...
View ArticleMattel Releases First Carbon Neutral Toys and Tesla Matchbox Car Made From...
We all know that plastic toys may be unnecessary or end up in the landfill, but it’s good to know that huge companies like Mattel are now using bioplastic and making their products more sustainable....
View ArticleNew Mesh for Crops Keeps Out Insects, But Lets in Sun and Rain for up to 3x...
Researchers have designed a textile called Plant Armor that forces insects to navigate a maze-like path if they want to reach a farmer’s crop. Based on their findings, North Carolina State University...
View ArticleFrench Town to Light its Streets With Bacteria Luminescence That Needs No...
A French design startup wants to reimagine public lighting by introducing—much like in a fantasy or sci-fi story—bacterial and fungal bioluminescence to street lights. One of the most fascinating...
View ArticleNew Transistor Could Cut 5% of World’s Digital Energy Use While Upgrading...
Inside nearly every piece of electronic equipment, there’s a transistor—a simple component that receives a current and sends it in one or more other directions. It’s one of those things that deserves...
View ArticleFacebook, Google, Stripe, Shopify Investing a Billion Dollars in Pre-Orders...
Four gargantuan tech companies have put together a $1.2 billion fund to pull carbon out of the atmosphere with a unique model that could go a long way to preventing 1.5°C of warming. The money will be...
View ArticleDutch Visionary Helps Refugee Camp Recycling All of its Plastic Trash into...
A refugee camp in the northern Sahara that relies on international aid for everything has gotten their hands on small, relatively-portable plastic recycling machines to turn the camp’s waste plastic...
View ArticleVermont Startup’s Electric Plane That Lifts-Off Vertically is Really Taking Off
A Vermont-based company pioneering electric vertical take off and landing planes, or “eVTOL” in the industry, is attracting huge investment and orders from different transportation companies. The...
View ArticleAmerica’s First Carbon-Negative Hotel in the Middle of Denver is Inspired by...
Taking inspiration from the aspen tree the state of Colorado so loves—a Denver hotel is looking to become the first-of-its-kind in America that removes more carbon than it uses. With cement-works,...
View ArticleScientists Discover Breakthrough Method of Making Advanced Electronics With H20
Water is the secret ingredient in a simple way to create key components for solar cells, X-ray detectors and other optoelectronics devices. The next generation of photovoltaics, semiconductors, and...
View ArticleIKEA Will Start Selling Solar Panels in Some U.S. Stores This Fall
The popularity of solar has gone through the roof—and now IKEA is making it easier to install some panels on your roof. Launching this fall in California, members of the U.S. IKEA Family customer...
View ArticleEuropean Cities Are Turning Rooftops Into Community and Sustainability Hubs:...
Across Europe, intrepid artists, planners, and architects are transforming the flat, grey rooftops of the continent into lively community hubs. From public parks to art venues to rainwater catchments...
View ArticleOne of the Most Beautiful Green Buildings in the World is a Winery
One look at this Hobbit hole-like winery in the country of Georgia and you’ll fall in love with green architecture. Built three years ago in the Kakheti region, the Shilda Winery consists of three...
View ArticleDesigner Turns Mussel Shells That Once Clogged London’s Water Pipes into...
Some designers in London are taking an invasive mussel species and turning it into beautiful tiling. Aside from preventing the mussel shells breaking down in landfills, the process creates a rigid...
View ArticleThis Gorgeous Leather is Made From the Hide of an Invasive Predatory Fish
An exotic aquarium staple, the spectacular lionfish is unfortunately an invasive species that spells catastrophe for Atlantic and Caribbean ecosystems it happens upon. Fortunately for these seas,...
View ArticleBreakthrough Zero-Carbon Fertilizer Set to Take Root Across the World as...
Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel. Imagine if every time you threw out your lawn and garden waste, you were actively...
View ArticleUFO-Like Treehouse Hovers in the Highest Branches of Finnish Forest – LOOK
Built by a firm usually known for making high performance electric cars, a flying saucer-inspired treehouse could soon be rented for forest R&R in Finland. Swedish company Polestar constructed the...
View ArticleAquatic ‘Superplants’ Are Local Food for Cows That Lead to Lower Emissions
Using a water-born crop that grows at breakneck speed, an innovative cattle feed startup could reduce livestock emissions in a variety of ways. By reducing methane emissions from the bovine’s...
View ArticleThese Baby Shoes Dissolve In Water After Your Infant Outgrows Them, Saving...
A husband and wife in Oregon have designed baby shoes that melt away into water after an infant outgrows them. The silky fabric is actually made of a kind of water-soluble plastic that covers detergent...
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