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Engineered Venus Flytraps Could Help Sustainable Agriculture
Scientists in Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are engineering venus flytraps to aid them in learning about sickly crops. The flytraps are controlled through an app, by using the application of electrodes. The researchers can direct the flytraps through the…
Bamboo: A Substitute for Wood for Biofuel
Once presented as a no-failure promise to cut carbon emissions and mitigate the effects of a changing climate, biofuels have come under attack over the years due to negative effects, such as increasing deforestation, promoting land degradation and diminishing biodiversity.…
Recycled Ocean Plastics Could Be Your New Credit Card
Around 160 million payment cards are made each year, and are replaced every three or four years, which makes for about 5.7 millions tons of plastic. UK eco-startup Tred is a finance company that is fundraising to produce and offer…
US Clean Energy Projects get $30 million Funding
The US Department of Energy (DoE) announced last week that they would be channelling over $30m in federal funding towards clean energy projects in the country. The sum will be matched by over $35 m from private sector investments. Under…
Pack it in – 4 sustainable packaging solutions leading the way
News of the global plastic problem fills our headlines on a regular basis, and the statistics paint a bleak picture. National Geographic says 91% of plastic isn’t recycled, while the EPA estimates that 70% of plastic in the US ends…
The Battery-tracing Technology
London-based startup Circulor has developed a software to track and trace the materials used in EV battery production - offering full transparency in the materials’ lifecycle. The tech has already been picked up by Volvo, which originally used the system…