Tech innovations and Startups
Mobility & Transportation
Tesla introduces emergency escape feature that lets drivers leave with charging cable attached
Tesla's new Emergency Drive Away feature allows drivers to escape dangerous situations at Superchargers without unplugging, but using it could cause thousands of dollars in damage.
Paolo Travisi•9 October 2026
Water
Goodbye purified water: New membranes bring…
German researchers have developed new membranes designed to produce green hydrogen directly…
Stefania Del Bianco•9 October 2026
Mobility & Transportation
AI could help cities tackle traffic…
Researchers are combining artificial intelligence, geospatial mapping and clustering techniques to predict…
Paolo Travisi•30 September 2026
Energy
Molecular solar storage breakthrough delivers dna-inspired thermal battery
A new bio-inspired MOST system developed at the University of California achieves record energy density, advancing…
Stefania Del Bianco•19 February 2026
Mobility & Transportation
Grok arrives inside Tesla vehicles, but does AI belong in cars?
Tesla expands its in-car artificial intelligence offering across Europe, integrating Grok into its vehicle lineup through…
Paolo Travisi•19 February 2026
Mobility & Transportation
Los Angeles bets on a $24 billion subway to ease 400,000 daily…
The Sepulveda Transit Corridor is designed to cut congestion on Interstate 405, where 400,000 vehicles travel…
Paolo Travisi•16 February 2026
Mobility & Transportation
Electric car battery fire: the battery that isolates the flames
Concerns about electric vehicle fires persist, despite data showing EVs are significantly safer than combustion cars.…
Paolo Travisi•10 February 2026
Energy
Beyond lithium: a sodium-ion energy storage architecture built for AI data centers
As artificial intelligence drives unprecedented growth in cloud computing, a new sodium-ion energy storage architecture is…
Stefania Del Bianco•10 February 2026
Mobility & Transportation
New anti-icing sensors for cars and aircraft, how they work
From aviation safety to autonomous driving, a new generation of anti-icing sensors developed in the U.S.…
Paolo Travisi•29 January 2026
Energy
L-HSi, the solid hydrogen carrier that releases hydrogen with light
A new silicon-based solid material could reshape hydrogen storage by enabling controlled hydrogen release using visible…
Alessandro Petrone•26 January 2026
Energy
Solar hydrogen in the dark, a new frontier for energy storage
An emerging system shows how solar energy can be stored and later released as on-demand hydrogen,…
Alessandro Petrone•20 January 2026
Real Estate
The potential of transparent wood in construction
Transparent wood is emerging as one of the most promising engineered materials for sustainable construction, combining…
Stefania Del Bianco•15 January 2026
Circular Economy
Recyclable wind turbine blade made of carbon fiber, China claims full circularity
Ming Yang Smart Energy has unveiled a recyclable carbon fiber wind turbine blade aimed at reducing…
Paolo Travisi•13 January 2026
Energy
Perovskite passivation boosts solar cell efficiency to 25.1%
Advanced three-dimensional imaging reveals how perovskite passivation reshapes internal charge transport, cutting defects and pushing solar…
Alessandro Petrone•13 January 2026
Mobility & Transportation
Shared home charging, how BYD is turning private chargers into a local…
Sharing a private home charger for electric vehicles is no longer just an idea. In China,…
Paolo Travisi•30 December 2025
Mobility & Transportation
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