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

Tech innovations and Startups
Cellulose aerogel to increase thermal insulation of windows
A team of physicists from the University of Colorado demonstrated how aerogels made from cellulose nanofibers…
21 March 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Domestic salt batteries, higher capacity thanks to doping
Test different techniques to improve the performance of K2CO3 salt by increasing the charging and discharging…
17 March 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
The first solar cell in perovskite printed as a long roll
Thanks to a new ink, economic and scalable, scientists at Swansea University have been able to…
17 March 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Fraunhofer reinvents thermal insulation with “sponge walls” and transparent laminated roofs
A glass foil cover that reduces the weight by 75% and a vertical water treatment system…
9 March 2023

Water
Wave motion energy, the first ISWEC connected to the network of Pantelleria
Eni, polito and Wave for Energy connect to the electricity grid of the island the first…
9 March 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
More durable and powerful lithium-ion batteries thanks to conductive adhesive
Scientists at Berkeley Lab have developed a polymer, conductive and adhesive coating that can improve the…
8 March 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Princess Elisabeth takes shape, the first energy island in the world
Signed the EPC contract for a gigantic offshore industrial base with high voltage power supply systems…
7 March 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
A photovoltaic tower to produce energy-saving space
Photovoltaic tower created by Three Sixty Solar has proven to withstand hurricane winds of category 1
6 March 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
A new modular thermal battery and low cost
Lehigh University engineers develop a thermal energy storage system that combines latent and sensitive heat transfer…
3 March 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
More efficient perovskite solar cells with “roads” for ions
A group of scientists from North Carolina State University found that driving perovskite ions through crystalline…
2 March 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Here is the lithium-air battery that beats lithium ions
Developed a lithium-O2 battery with solid electrolyte whose chemistry can potentially increase energy density up to…
1 March 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
The “self-installing” wind turbine is born in the UK
The startup SENSEWind has created a robotic installation system that allows the rotor tower and nacelle…

