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Rinnovabili • Tesla Emergency Drive Away: How the new safety feature works
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.

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Water
Goodbye purified water: New membranes bring…

German researchers have developed new membranes designed to produce green hydrogen directly…

Rinnovabili • DeposAI could help cities tackle traffic congestion before it gets worseitphotos
Mobility & Transportation
AI could help cities tackle traffic…

Researchers are combining artificial intelligence, geospatial mapping and clustering techniques to predict…


Rinnovabili • Airplane of the future, longer wings to cut fuel use
Mobility & Transportation
The airplane of the future takes shape, longer and thinner wings to…

Long, flexible wings that adapt to flight conditions could redefine the airplane of the future. NASA…

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Mobility & Transportation
From sailboats to cargo ships, the near zero emissions future of wind…

A new sailing cargo ship designed by KM Yachtbuilder shows how wind propulsion could reshape maritime…

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Recycling
How AI can cut greenhouse gases from food waste

An AI-powered food recycling system could turn Whole Foods food scraps into chicken feed, cutting waste…

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Energy
How a jeans dye could make next generation batteries cleaner

A natural pigment long used to color denim is showing unexpected potential in solid state battery…

Rinnovabili • Electric truck wireless charging on US Highway 52
Mobility & Transportation
Electric truck, wireless charging tested along US Highway 52

A 400 meter stretch of US Highway 52 near West Lafayette has become a proving ground…

Rinnovabili • Peugeot Polygon, the sustainable concept car of the future
Mobility & Transportation
Peugeot Polygon, the electric concept car built for sustainability and tech innovation

Peugeot unveils Polygon, a forward-looking concept car designed around recycled materials, circular manufacturing, and next-gen digital…

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Recycling
Lithium recovery from spent batteries, the new technique that could transform recycling

A research team at the University of Illinois has developed an electrochemical process that captures lithium…

Rinnovabili • Self destructing plastic, the new polymer breaks down on demand
Circular Economy
Goodbye plastic waste, scientists introduce a synthetic polymer that self destructs

A research team at Rutgers University has engineered a new class of synthetic polymers that can…

Rinnovabili • Conductive charging, the automated system for EVs
Mobility & Transportation
Conductive charging brings automated EV recharging to everyday use

Austrian company Easelink is pushing EV infrastructure into a new phase with Matrix Charging, an automated…

Rinnovabili • Silicon heterojunction PV efficiency: new findings on defect origins
Energy
SHJ solar cells, new evidence reveals the defects behind efficiency losses

A new study has identified the specific defects that limit the efficiency of SHJ solar cells,…

Rinnovabili • Flying cars, the global race for urban flight leadership
Mobility & Transportation
Flying cars, from the US to China who will lead the urban…

The race to bring flying cars into everyday mobility is accelerating across the United States and…

Rinnovabili • Smart bike helmet, new tech that reduces rotational injuries
Mobility & Transportation
Electric bikes, the smart bike helmet designed to prevent rotational injuries

The rise of electric mobility has brought more cyclists onto urban roads, increasing both sustainable travel…