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Linear actuators on solar trackers and what this all means!

In the recent past, renewable energy has been in the limelight of most of the countries and global corporations. This is due in part to...

Solar powered plane completes round-the-world flight

Solar Impulse, the world's first intercontinental solar energy powered aircraft, finally touched down last month in Abu Dhabi after completing a round the world...

The internet of eco-powered smart home gadgets

With the advent of low-cost sensors and wide-spread internet connectivity, more of us are buying smart home products that can conserve and even generate...

Israel as impact tech hub despite funding setbacks

Israel's status as one of the leading tech hubs across the globe is currently on display for the world to see inside Tel Aviv's...

Chicago’s urban farming produces fresh veggies all year, 24/7

Hydroponics and new, high-tech urban agricultural techniques are now growing fresh food in the middle of Manhattan and other large metropolitan centers globally. People are...

Satellite Points finger to Persian Gulf for Emissions Under-Reporting

You can run but you can’t hide. Canadian researchers have found a new, satellite-based technology that -accurately- detects polluters from outer space, and caught 39...

Jews and Arabs turn on Mideast solar project for West Bank farmers

As an innovator of solar energy, Israel has been involved in a number of pilot projects in its Negev desert regions; in particular, one...

Israeli agriculture companies tackle ecological problems

Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) is hosting a yearlong exhibition on Israeli innovation that underscores the country's reputation as the world's "Start-up...

The Ocean Cleanup wins Katerva – the Nobel Prize of Sustainability

A new breed of companies are showing how innovation can be scaled for both business opportunities and global good. Led by resolute and independent...

Shipping containers morph into urban food miracle machines

Leigh Ofer and her company Seed Street in Harlem gives new meaning to the term circular economy: We meet over the Internet and find a mutual...

Can organic fertilizers impact the global food crisis?

Some 795 million people worldwide are food insecure: they do not have enough food to lead a healthy life, and with the earth's population increasing...

World’s 25 biggest innovators are not from Silicon Valley!

Silicon Valley’s has its hoodie-wearing tech entrepreneurs as the poster kids of innovation and fundraising (read our guide on how to raise your first...

Brilliant IKEA dinner table outsmarts mealtime smartphone users!

Sit four people around the dinner table, and at see that least three are tethered to their smartphones (well, someone's got to cook and serve). What's...

Electroad to electric the bus systems in Israel, then the world

"Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads!" Fans of the 1985 film "Back to the Future" watched the year 2015 slip from a...

The new Seabin will vacuum ocean pollution

Sea garbage's days may be numbered, thanks to a new invention by a pair of Australians, Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski. The Seabin Project...

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Magic mushrooms may block chemotherapy side-effects

A new study published in Science finds that psilocybin may prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy by protecting sensory nerves and keeping their mitochondrial energy supply functioning.

Atmospheric Water Generators won’t work until we create clean energy to power them

Water from air sounds like magic: machines pull moisture from the atmosphere and turn it into drinking water. But atmospheric water generation comes with an energy cost, making clean energy essential if the technology is going to help solve water scarcity without worsening climate change.

Flock Safety Cameras Are Watching American Cities. What Is the Environmental Cost?

AI surveillance cameras are spreading across American cities. As Virginia residents question Flock Safety over privacy and data sharing, another issue emerges: what is the environmental cost of watching and storing everything?

Ozempic is changing our bodies. Could it shrink the economy too?

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Magic mushrooms may block chemotherapy side-effects

A new study published in Science finds that psilocybin may prevent chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy by protecting sensory nerves and keeping their mitochondrial energy supply functioning.

Atmospheric Water Generators won’t work until we create clean energy to power them

Water from air sounds like magic: machines pull moisture from the atmosphere and turn it into drinking water. But atmospheric water generation comes with an energy cost, making clean energy essential if the technology is going to help solve water scarcity without worsening climate change.

Flock Safety Cameras Are Watching American Cities. What Is the Environmental Cost?

AI surveillance cameras are spreading across American cities. As Virginia residents question Flock Safety over privacy and data sharing, another issue emerges: what is the environmental cost of watching and storing everything?

Ozempic is changing our bodies. Could it shrink the economy too?

GLP-1 drugs are shrinking appetites and waistlines, but could they shrink our environmental footprint too? From fashion and food waste to lighter airplanes, packaging and transportation, Ozempic-era weight loss could have unexpected effects across the economy.

A billion dollar bet on Pacific Fusion’s New Mexico campus

Pacific Fusion is building a $1 billion fusion research facility in New Mexico, betting that enormous electrical pulses can help push fusion energy beyond the laboratory and toward practical clean power.

Europe’s circular fashion mandate in effect by 2030

Europe is forcing fashion to confront its waste problem. New EU rules ban large companies from destroying unsold clothing and are expanding producer responsibility for textile waste, pushing brands toward repair, resale, recycling and circular design.

Plastic Beverage Bottles and Caps Most Prevalent Pollutants Worldwide

Plastic bottles remain one of the most stubborn forms of ocean pollution, according to new results from Ocean Conservancy’s 2025 International Coastal Cleanup, the massive volunteer effort that removes and records trash from beaches and waterways around the world.

Looms Ran on Binary Code Before Computers Existed

The roots of modern computing run through weaving. From Jacquard looms and Ada Lovelace to women programming early computers, London’s Softwear exhibition reveals the surprisingly tactile history behind our digital world.
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