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Innovative Carbon Capture System Installed on Container Ship to Reduce Emissions

Approximately 90% of global trade goods are transported via shipping across oceans. Credit: Unsplash. A London-based climate tech startup, Seabound, introduced a pioneering carbon capture system aboard the Sounion Trader container ship, marking a significant step in decarbonizing shipping. During a two-month voyage from Turkey to the Persian Gulf, Seabound's experimental pilot project successfully captured 78...

Major Advancement Enables Electric Vehicles to Travel 1,000 Kilometers on Single Charge

With just a single charge, you could journey to [insert a destination approximately 1,000 kilometers away] from your current location. Credit: Unsplash. One of the primary concerns in the transition from petrol-based vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) revolves around the range issue – how far can an EV travel on a single charge? However, researchers...

Harnessing Ocean Energy: Inaugural Underwater Tidal Kite Powers Gridh

The Dragon 4, a 4-meter (13-foot) variant of the kite, utilized in the Faroe Islands. Credit: Minesto A novel method of extracting renewable energy from the oceans has recently emerged, drawing attention to its innovative approach. This method, inspired by the movement of a kite, efficiently harnesses energy from tidal and ocean currents and is...

Samsung, TSMC and Intel on Global Market Chip Supremacy

Credit: Canvas Samsung, the largest maker of memory chips worldwide, is facing tough competition in the chip industry. During the seven-year legal struggles involving its top leader, Lee Jae-yong, other global chipmakers have been investing more and increasing production, strengthening their market presence. TSMC from Taiwan, the largest contract chipmaker globally, has solidified its leading...

Breakthrough in Organoid Intelligence 

Scientists are thinking about whether AI can use small lab-grown organs instead of computers to work better, by copying structures similar to brains. They call this Organoid Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence is getting a lot of attention as a big technological change right now. But Organoid Intelligence might push AI even more. Lab Tissue  Organoids are artificial...

Decarbonize 85% of All Industries Using Current Technology

Researchers say the tools already exist to decarbonize industry by 85%AI-generated by DALL-E (love those grassy smokestacks!) The industrial sector contributes approximately 25% of worldwide CO2 emissions, equivalent to around 9.3 billion metric tonnes annually, and this figure is increasing. However, a group at the University of Leeds asserts that we don't have to rely...

An Avocado Robot Gathers Canopy Data by Swinging Among Trees

The Avocado abseiling robot is designed to gather environmental data from otherwise inaccessible treetop areasEmanuele Aucone/SNSF Researchers in Switzerland are developing an environmental monitoring robot named Avocado, drawing inspiration from abseiling spiders. This fruit-shaped robot utilizes a winch and rotors to descend through the canopy, collecting data on life in the treetops. The prototype from ETH...

Seismic Shifts: USGS Reveals Innovative Earthquake Hazard Map

A recent study from the U.S. Geological Survey shows that roughly 75% of the United States is at risk of harmful earthquakes, as the updated National Seismic Hazard Model indicates. Covering all 50 states, the model emphasizes heightened risks along the Atlantic Coast and in earthquake-prone areas like California and Alaska. This information is...

Rare Insect Makes Remarkable Comeback from Near-Extinction

Lord Howe Island Stick Insect (Dryococelus australis) (Zoos Victoria) Just 20 to 30 'tree lobsters' are left in their natural habitat, and this vulnerable group was found again in 2001, 80 years after being thought extinct.The wild Lord Howe Island stick insects (Dryococelus australis) currently cling to survival on Ball's Pyramid, a nearly vertical volcanic outcrop.San...

The Amyloid Hypothesis: Rewriting Life’s Origin Story

Credit: Pexels The mystery of how living organism originated from non-living matter is still one of the most profound puzzles in science. Despite various theories, a definitive explanation remains elusive, which is not surprising given that these events took place three to four billion years ago in vastly different conditions on Earth. Justifying hypotheses with experimental...