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16-year-old student transforms shrimp shells into biodegradable plastic and creates a "seafood bag" that doesn't rely on petroleum, uses waste from the fishing industry, and aims to replace packaging that takes centuries to disappear from nature.
11+ hour, 19+ min ago (787+ words) According to Angelina's own accounts, the inspiration came after numerous failed attempts to produce a biodegradable plastic using other organic materials. Resident of a municipality in Par" creates a fully functional wooden Jet Ski over 4 meters long, spending less than…...
The plant solved a problem that engineering had been pursuing for decades, and now a doctoral student has copied the chlorophyll trick to create a window that stores solar energy and darkens by itself, but it has not yet left the laboratory.
19+ hour, 12+ min ago (819+ words) Nature solved millions of years ago a problem that engineering has pursued for decades, and now science has tried to copy the trick. A doctoral researcher at the University of Turku, in Finland, developed materials inspired by chlorophyll that could,…...
A spin-off company from a British university develops a new pioneering method to produce green hydrogen from seawater. Generating two kilograms of hydrogen through electrolysis requires more than eight gallons of fresh water, which poses a serious strain on its availability.
1+ day, 54+ min ago (868+ words) Producing clean energy using seawater, without consuming fresh water or polluting the ocean: this is what Hychor promises, a company derived from the University of Aberdeen, in the United Kingdom. The company has developed a low-cost technology that generates green…...
As the world seeks alternatives to fossil fuels, Chinese scientists present an advanced material that keeps hydrogen stable at room temperature, a breakthrough that could transform energy storage and boost the global transition to clean energy.
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (857+ words) Hydrogen has been pointed out for years as one of the most promising fuels for the decarbonization of the global economy. When used in fuel cells, it generates electricity without emitting carbon dioxide, producing only water vapor as a byproduct....
Scientists create living plastics that decompose in 6 days without forming microplastics and pave the way for programmed materials against single-use waste
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (512+ words) Living plastics programmed by engineered microbes have opened a new front against single-use waste by showing complete degradation in six days, without microplastic formation, in a study published in 2026 in ACS Applied Polymer Materials. Living plastics created by scientists can…...
It seems simple, but it generates electricity: scientists transform ambient humidity into electricity with gelatin and salt, and the generator still works for more than 30 days.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (535+ words) Developed with gelatin, table salt, and activated charcoal, the Moisture Electric Generator transforms water molecules from the air or skin into stable energy, reaching up to 90 volts in series and can also act as a biodegradable respiratory sensor. Food-grade materials…...
Hospital building uses photocatalytic concrete with titanium dioxide to "devour" pollution from thousands of cars using only sunlight.
2+ week, 3+ day ago (381+ words) The technology is in the Specialty Tower of the Manuel Gea Gonz'lez hospital, where a 2, 500 m" facade is coated with Prosolve370e. The building has been in operation since 2013 and uses sun exposure. Germany and the USA begin to ban gas heaters…...
A nuclear bomb explodes in the desert, melts sand and creates a rare crystal that scientists say cannot be manufactured in a common laboratory.
3+ week, 3+ day ago (520+ words) The first nuclear bomb explosion by the United States in 1945 created a rare crystal never before reproduced in a conventional laboratory. The material was identified in trinitite glass formed after the Trinity test, conducted on July 16 in the desert. Researchers…...
New 'inexplicable' stainless steel created in Hong Kong can cheapen green hydrogen, resist seawater, and challenge expensive materials used today in electrolyzers
3+ week, 5+ day ago (741+ words) The University of Hong Kong's (HKU) stainless steel innovation targets a critical point in green hydrogen: creating electrolyzers capable of resisting seawater without expensive structural materials. The team created SS-H, a corrosion-resistant material for aggressive environments. The discovery was reported…...
Scientists create a water-based battery with ingredients from tofu brine, make the system withstand 120, 000 cycles, and spark expectation for storing clean energy for much longer.
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1025+ words) Scientists from China and Hong Kong have developed a water-based battery with a neutral electrolyte, made with magnesium and calcium salts, similar to the brine used in tofu coagulation, which functioned for 120, 000 charge cycles in laboratory tests. The technology is…...