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
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
Teslaās 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 worldās fastest system has 99% efficiency
Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed new carbon-capturing storage directly from the atmosphere, with unprecedented…
31 May 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
A biobattery to store hydrogen safely
A group of scientists creates the first biological-based system for the accumulation and release of H2.…
30 May 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Smart textiles and photovoltaics, now you can wash and recycle
The three-year Sun-powered Textiles project has developed a new method to make solar cells adhere to…
26 May 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Printable solar cells, new polymer improves yield
A team of researchers has created a new polymer complex conductive able to make organic photovoltaics…
26 May 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Worldās most efficient solar photovoltaic cell created, close to 40%
Researchers of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States have created a triple junction…
24 May 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Biological solar cells, bacteria power a microprocessor for over 1 year
Cambridge researchers have created a new photosynthetic device capable of powering an Arm Cortex M0+ microprocessor…
20 May 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Photovoltaics night: the anti-solar cells of UNSW does not fear the dark
New advances for photovoltaics and the technology of "anti solar cells" thanks to the thermal radiation…
18 May 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Series production of sodium-ion batteries begins in the USA
Natron Energy has partnered with Clarios International to build the worldās largest sodium-ion battery factory. The…
17 May 2022

Tech innovations and Startups
Italy experiments artificial intelligence to improve building efficiency
A team of Italian researchers used Artificial Intelligence to simulate some energy strategies achieving a 13%…

