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Zayed Prize-Winning School Inches Closer to Zero Carbon

The school was the first in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates to scoop the prestigious $100,000 Zayed Future Energy Prize in the Global High School...

Powdered Water Hydrates Drought-Stricken Farms

Mexican farmers have been fighting drought with Solid Rain for more than a decade, but the powdered water designed by chemical engineer Sergio Jésus Rico...

SunOven Provides Off-Grid Cooking in 40 Developing Countries

Westerners take access to electricity for granted, but a ridiculous portion of the global population has to scramble for twigs and other unsustainable fuel...

Tiny “Water Chip” Desalinates Water With the Power of a Store-Bought Battery

Water scarcity is probably the most pressing environmental concern in the Middle East region and current desalination technologies are too costly and energy-intensive to...

3-D Printed Plastic Gun Breaches Israeli Parliament Building Undetected!

Israel's security is renowned for being particularly tight, but officials failed to detect a 3-D printed gun when a local TV show snuck it...

Ashalim is Israel’s Largest Concentrating Solar Power Plant

Negev Energy, the new partnership between the Spanish and Israeli companies, will build and operate the 110 MW Parabolic Trough plant under a 25 year power purchase agreement. The energy they produce will sell for NIS0.76 per kilowatt hour, or $0.21.

DESERTEC Leaves its Industrial Partner Dii

More setbacks for Middle East solar or the only way a big dream can move ahead? DESERTEC has canceled its commercial partnership to build a...

World’s First ‘Tablet Cafe’ Circumvents Chronic Power Cuts

The world's first tablet cafe has opened in Dakar and already Google's latest experiment is turning out to be a major game changer. Bordered...

Israel’s Blue I to Detect Floating Dead Pigs in China’s Water

Pollution of fresh water supplies in large Asian countries is becoming more and more serious due to increasing populations and rapid industrialization. This is...

16-year-old Turkish Teen Makes Bioplastic from Banana Peels

Meet Elif Bilgin, the latest in a string of wunderkids from the Middle East and North Africa, who invented a bioplastic made from banana...

$10 Recycled Cardboard Bike Indiegogo Campaign Raises Nearly $20,000 in Two Days

When news of a $10 bicycle made of recycled cardboard first reached our desk, we didn't think it would ever see the light of day,...

Turkey: Whopping 9GW of Solar Projects Submitted in Five Days

While political unrest continues to simmer in Turkey, elsewhere business continues apace. The country recently invited expressions of interest to participate in a Feed-in-Tariff...

Masdar Launches the Seychelles’ First Renewable Energy Plant

The Middle East's leading clean energy developer, Masdar has launched the very first renewable energy plant to be built in The Seychelles - the...

Dubai Imports NASA-Developed In’Flector Solar Deflectors for Greener Glass Buildings

Tall glass buildings have come to dominate the Dubai and Abu Dhabi skylines, which makes absolutely zero sense given that summer temperatures consistently burst...

Alexandria Enters PV Solar Project with a Catholic School in Egypt

Once the most powerful seat of learning in Egypt, Alexandria has some catching up to do when it comes to renewable energy. Which may...

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Is your groundwater too young? New study finds risks for Parkinson’s and type of water you drink

People whose drinking water came from newer groundwater had a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease than those whose drinking water came from older groundwater, according to a preliminary study released March 2, 2026, that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 78th Annual Meeting taking place April 18–22, 2026, in Chicago and online.

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How plastics can increase food poisoning

Banerjee’s research team is among the first to examine the interactions between foodborne pathogens and plastic particles, thereby advancing this emerging field from a food safety perspective.
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