Tech innovations and Startups

Agriculture & food
Plant genetic resources are key to the future of global food security
Plant genetic resources are a heritage we must preserve at all costs. They are essential to face the growing threats to global food security: population growth, climate…
Editorial Team•30 April 2025

Energy
Fraunhofer ISE cuts silver use in…
Thanks to copper-based metallization, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy…
Editorial Team•30 April 2025

Energy
Fully organic solar cells: efficiency doubles
Thanks to a transparent polymer electrode and a new lamination method, fully…
Editorial Team•29 April 2025

Tech innovations and Startups
The first tandem solar cell in selenium-silicon
A group of scientists from the Technical University of Denmark has embarked on a never-before-tried task:…
22 March 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
EV Wireless charging: Efficiency record, 96% to 100 kw
The new ORNL technology is based on polyphase electromagnetic coupling coils that generate rotating fields and…
18 March 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Precious metals from WEEE: the key to recovery from brewer’s yeast
By changing the pH and by changing the yeast it is possible to selectively recover precious…
15 March 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Solar energy in buildings, what does the green homes Directive demand?
The revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive establishes a timetable for the integration of…
15 March 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
The Caribbean jewel: photovoltaics that resists hurricanes
The plant, built in the State of Antigua and Barbuda, can withstand winds that blow at…
14 March 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
The first Perovskite Solar cells printed roll-to-roll with high-efficiency
Scientists from the Australian agency CSIRO demonstrated the feasibility of perovskite hybrid cell modules produced entirely…
13 March 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Batteries: produce high quality polymer solid electrolytes with centrifuge
UNIST research team has developed a technique for the mass production of solid electrolytes for rechargeable…
8 March 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Tandem triple junction solar cells set a new record
Scientists at the National University of Singapore have developed a new perovskite/Si triple junction photovoltaic cell…
7 March 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
The first large gravity battery EVx connected to the Chinese grid
Energy Vault announced that gravity-based energy storage system in Rudong has been interconnected to China’s state…
6 March 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Largest liquid hydrogen engine ready to take flight
Successfully tested a megawatt-class fuel cell powertrain, integrated with a proprietary Universal Hydrogen storage module. New…
4 March 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
What is geological hydrogen and why it can revolutionize the energy landscape
Millions of tons of geological hydrogen sleep beneath our feet, a clean energy source that can…
29 February 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
An exceptional solar absorber for economical desalination
Research led by Ca' Foscari University of Venice has created a new selective solar absorber capable…