Technology
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Technology SwedenClothes Made From (Fake) Spider Silk, Corn, or Methane? Yep, Thanks to Biotechnology!
Re:newcell, a Swedish startup based in Kristinehamn, Sweden, has decided to make clothes from Circulose, a biodegradable pulp of their own creation. They are part of a new breed of biotech brands that wish to make fashion more sustainable.
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Technology United KingdomAirship Revival! Carbon-Free Transportation Could Soon Be a Reality
Zeppelins and dirigibles (another word for airships) could make a comeback after an eighty-year hiatus as this mode of transportation promises an ultra-low carbon air transport. Hybrid Air Vehicles from Bedford, UK, has already completed seven flights of its Airlander 10 prototype.
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Technology United KingdomThe Crystal was Discovered 200 Years Ago – Now It Could Be a Game Changer for Solar Power
A solar technology firm based in Oxford, UK, is developing what could potentially be the most efficient solar panels. They are using a crystal material called perovskite - discovered more than 200 years ago.
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Technology AustraliaWill the Sun be the Key to Our Drinking Water Problem?
A team of scientists from Australia and China are proposing a way to harvest the most abundant source of energy: sunlight. They have come up with a method that efficiently desalinates stagnant and salty water better than the previous ones.
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Technology Switzerland“Ultra-Rare” Decay Process May Help Solve the Mysteries of Our Universe
Scientists at Switzerland's European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), one of the largest scientific research centers, have found the first evidence of a rare particle decay of a positively charged kaon - which may finally help explain dark matter and other mysteries of the universe!
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Technology IndiaPower from the Sun Brings Water to Poor Farmers
As part of a project by the Transform Rural India Foundation, a non-profit based in New Delhi, India, about 30 farmers installed a new solar-powered irrigation system to help diversify their crops in an eco-friendly way - and prevent work migration at the same time.
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Technology United KingdomArcheologists Look Back Into Time with Super High-Tech, Find New Secret at Stonehenge
Archeologists have made a sensational discovery of a series of deep pits at the mystical Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, UK with the help of super high technology, allowing them to look even further back into time.
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Technology East TimorAir and Sunlight Is All This Island Needs to Make Clean Water
A project launched in June is tackling the water shortages faced in the remote little island of Atauro, located off the coast of Asia's East Timor, through a technology that transforms sunlight and air into drinking water.