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Create an ocean water health sensor and win $2 million

Ocean acidification has reached record levels, so the deep-pocketed Board of XPRIZE are at it again - using "incentivization" to spark technological breakthroughs to...

Phinergy tests range-extending aluminum-air battery for EVs in Montreal

The world's third largest producer of aluminum has teamed up with Israel's Phinergy to produce a new battery that would make electric vehicles as cost...

Sensibo says it’s already cool. Now make your AC energy smart!

Israeli start-up Sensibo is convinced it can uptick your air conditioner's IQ.  They've created a mobile app (with associated hardware) that allows you to control your...

SmartBrick lets you play with LEGO to build your home – for real

Following the news that 3D printed homes from China can be built in 24 hours, comes a new Israeli invention called SmartBrick. The company owned by...

The ‘original iPad’ – 1,200 years before Apple

Turkish archaeologists have unearthed what Discovery News calls the 'Byzantine iPad." Dated to the 9th century A.D., the wooden tool was found among a shipyard of roughly 37 ancient ships in...

Why the octopus does not get tied in knots

This is one for the kids to answer at dinnertime: An octopus’s arms are covered in hundreds of suckers that will stick to just...

Daring Moroccan university recycles urine as drinking water

You might not want to tell your Moroccan grandmother, but technology first developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) that recycles urine and waste...

Ecoppia cleans solar panels for more energy

Solar parks in the desert face two major challenges: a lot of dust on the photovoltaic panels and not enough water to clean them....

This “Green Machine” mobile city fertilizes the Sahara Desert as it moves

Posterity may end up migrating from place to place to find food like our nomadic ancestors did if we don't get a hold of...

The mailman is a drone in this Middle East country [video]

Some countries like Canada are trying to say goodbye to human-delivered postal mail forever. But a new initiative from the United Arab Emirates puts...

Wind-powered Tumbleweed robot rolls back encroaching deserts

Desertification has gobbled up huge swaths of the Middle East and North Africa, a fact that Jerusalem-based industrial designer Shlomi Mir knows all too...

SodaStream stock rises as Scarlett Johansson’s banned ad sizzles (video)

Israel’s do-it-yourself (and environmentally friendly) soft drink maker SodaStream may go down in the record books as having created the most provocative Super Bowl...

Hybrid solar electric oven SunFocus cooks with or without the sun

Solar ovens are great, and we've seen a lot of them. But they are limited since they only work when it's actually sunny. Sun...

Practical Solar Powered Innovations for Developing Countries

Solar energy projects for developing countries in Africa and the Middle East MENA Region have often been put on the backburner due to financial...

GE Opens Ecomagination Clean Tech Hub in Masdar City

There's something so satisfying about watching the seed of an idea turn into something real - like GE's Ecomagination Center unveiled at Masdar City...

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How skinny medicine is reshaping the fashion industry, an interview with Katie Jones

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are changing more than waistlines. Fashion researcher Katie Baker Jones explains how weight-loss drugs could reshape clothing sizes, body positivity, textile consumption and the fashion industry.

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.

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How skinny medicine is reshaping the fashion industry, an interview with Katie Jones

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are changing more than waistlines. Fashion researcher Katie Baker Jones explains how weight-loss drugs could reshape clothing sizes, body positivity, textile consumption and the fashion industry.

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.
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