Started in 2013 by the 21-year-old Dutch inventor and entrepreneur Boyan Slat, the Ocean CleanUp project means to extract plastic pollution from the oceans and prevent more plastic debris from entering ocean waters. The project received over $2.2 million in crowdfunding and financial contributions from large sponsors including Salesforce.com chief executive...
The first 3D-printed residential home, engineered by the tech startup Apis Cor, took less than a day to construct and cost under $11,000 to complete. A mobile 3D printer created the building's concrete walls and partitions as a fully connected structure, rather than printing the...
French officials have opened the world's first solar road in the region of Normandy, unveiling a 1-kilometre-long (0.6-mile-long) route covered in 2,880 photovoltaic panels. The trial roadway, called Wattway, passes through the small town of Tourouvre-au-Perche.Wattaway believes a one -kilometer stretch of road can provide electricity...
Scientists have developed a bacteria-powered battery on a single piece of paper, which they say could be a cheap and easily manufactured power source for medical sensors in remote and developing areas. The paper battery, which is foldable, is the latest example of what are known...
If ocean levels continue to rise at their current rate, French Polynesia could lose up to two-thirds of its land to the sea, and now the local government has decided that it’s time to explore the possibility of moving its citizens to an actual floating...
Researchers have developed the world’s first water-wave laser, demonstrating that lasers can, in fact, be created by interactions between light and water waves. These new lasers offer researchers incredible control, and could help them to use lasers on tiny 'lab-on-a-chip' technologies, enabling them to more effectively study...
NUCLEAR DIAMONDS Scientists from the University of Bristol Cabot Institute are hitting two birds with one stone, thanks to their lab-made diamond that can generate electricity and is made from upcycled radioactive waste. In nuclear power plants, radioactive uranium is split in a process called nuclear fission. When...