Tech innovations and Startups

Water
From Sicily, a breakthrough in CO2 marine sequestration
Limenet issues its first certified carbon credits with blockchain traceability. The Italian startup operates a pilot plant in Augusta (Sicily) – the world’s largest – active since…
Editorial Team•24 April 2025

Energy
Flexible photovoltaic perovskite/CIGS cells withstand 3,000…
Photovoltaic perovskite CIGS cells reach 24.6% efficiency and survive 3,000 bends, redefining…
Editorial Team•23 April 2025

Energy
CATL launches Naxtra: the first mass-produced…
During its Super Tech Day, the Chinese giant unveiled three breakthrough batteries…
Editorial Team•22 April 2025

Tech innovations and Startups
Plastic Upcycling, what if 3D printing uses waste?
Developed a plastic upcycling approach that adds value to waste for reuse in additive manufacturing or…
20 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
PET Recycling: from the cemetery in Leipzig, the super-efficient plastic-eating enzyme
Within 16 hours, PHL7 decomposed PET at 90%, while its rival LCC - the most performing…
17 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Plastic recycling: studied the super worms that can digest polystyrene
A group of researchers from the University of Queensland found that the larvae of the Zophobas…
15 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
The first gas turbine-powered by 100% pure hydrogen
Researchers at the University of Stavanger have managed to operate their small cogeneration plant using hydrogen…
14 June 2022

Water
Underwater solar cells to produce “direct” green hydrogen
Created a solar cell photogenerator based on bismuth oxyiodide that, immersed in water, is able to…
13 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Hydrogen generator with portable cartridges, Toyota is ready for the future
The Japanese company together with its subsidiary Woven Planet has developed a transport technology, able to…
10 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Lightweight photovoltaic modules: Sharp brings efficiency to 32.65%
The Japanese company has achieved the highest conversion efficiency in the world with its new triple-junction…
9 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Shape-memory materials for ecological air conditioning
Energy efficient with no refrigerants harmful to the climate. It is the cooling technology with shape…
7 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Carbon capture, from enzymatic technologies to waste use
From the European ACCSESS project to AI experimentation to optimize adsorption materials. CCS research continues at…
4 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Transforming skyscrapers into gravity batteries
Researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis have developed a new concept for energy…
2 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Rechargeable batteries: Science identifies the formula for lasting 100 years
Tesla’s battery research group at Dalhousie University is investigating the potential of lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt rechargeable batteries, devices…
1 June 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Carbon capture, the world’s fastest system has 99% efficiency
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed new carbon-capturing storage directly from the atmosphere, with unprecedented…