Quantum computing just made a big leap with new chip Willow
Google has introduced Willow, its latest quantum chip, representing a major breakthrough in quantum computing. This chip tackles two key challenges that have long hindered the field.
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Are lithium-air batteries the new super powerbank? New developments say yes
Lithium-air batteries have a lot of potential for powering the future. These batteries are lighter and more powerful than traditional lithium-ion batteries, making them ideal for use in electric vehicles or other technology that requires a lot of power.
More seaweed farming great for food, feed, and fuel
Expanding global seaweed farming could go a long way to addressing the planet’s food security, biodiversity loss, and climate change challenges.
Nuclear fusion is a black hole for money and energy
The facts about nuclear fusion don’t support the hype around it that followed the recent “breakthrough”, as many media echoed it. Nuclear fusion will not contribute to solving the current climate and energy crisis.
Food revolution: how 420 km2 can feed the world with precision fermentation
All the protein we need to feed the world can be produced on an area of land smaller than London, or the micro-state of Andorra. A food revolution too good to be true? Not according to RePlanet, the group that builds on precision fermentation to pull it off.
How mussels naturally remove microplastics from the sea
Mussels remove microplastics as natural filter feeders that ingest the plastics with their regular food and pass them into their faeces.
Microbes that eat oil, produce gold hydrogen?
A new gold fever may be at hand. Not about the yellow glossy metal, however, but something totally different: gold hydrogen. It comes from microbes that eat oil and produce H2.
Using insects for natural pest control: a refreshing buzz
A multinational supplier of fresh vegetables and fruit is embracing entomology for sustainability. In Chile, insects naturally control agricultural pests such as Mealybugs and White scale in a pioneering project.
Most plastic waste and garbage in Pacific from fishing
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is largely composed of plastic waste relating to the offshore fishing industry.
What batteries could share with milk and kitchen foil
Lithium-ion batteries have fuelled our age of portable electronics, but they have increasingly become a victim of their own success. So researchers try and create similarly effective batteries out of more abundant elements.