Although less than one percent of all water in the world is freshwater, it is what we drink and use for agriculture. In other words,…
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Turning off an old second-hand television has restored internet services to a village in Wales. UK network provider Openreach has explained that idyllic Aberhosan, which…
Point Nine, the pan-European early-stage VC focused on SaaS and digital marketplaces, has raised its fifth fund, totalling just short of €100 million (in fact,…
With installers and developers trying to squeeze every kilowatt-hour out of every rooftop and every array, racking and trackers are the unsung heroes that secure…
The Western Australian government is talking to developers around the world about building a 1.5 GW wind and solar hydrogen hub at the Okajee Strategic…
Chinese electric vehicle startup WM Motor just pocketed an outsize investment to fuel growth in a competitive landscape increasingly coveted by foreign rival Tesla. The…
Induced radio-resistant E. coli, evolve complex mutation profiles as experimental evolution continues and the level of radio-resistance increases. Credit: Michael M. Cox and coauthors Radio-resistance…
Leave it to Elon Musk to turn battery chemistry into a viral phenomenon. Musk teased a forthcoming “Battery Day” during Tesla’s second quarter earnings call.…
For years, we’ve been hearing that automation is coming to white collar jobs, crossing a barrier that we previously thought uncrossable. But is this truly…
A fully automated microchip electrophoresis analyzer could someday be deployed in the search for life on other worlds. Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI:…
20 months after cannabis-based products for medicinal use were legalized in the UK, attitudes towards using them are still highly skeptical, say researchers. Attitudes towards…
After rolling out in some of Canada’s most high-falutin burger bistros, Impossible Foods is hitting Canada’s fast casual market with new menu items at national…
[embedded content] Last week at TechCrunch Disrupt 2020, I got the chance to speak to Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and health economists who is…
Reps. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., and Will Hurd, R-Texas introduced a Congressional resolution detailing a national strategy for artificial intelligence that proposes a unified approach for…
Legislation recently put forth in the House of Representatives aims to advance the Energy Department’s development of a robust infrastructure for what could eventually be…
U.S. utilities can’t reach their ambitious decarbonization goals unless they reduce their planned reliance on natural gas, find ways to “baseload” solar and wind power…
A juvenile Pomacanthus imperator x P. annularis hybrid with striking intermediate patterns. Credit: Photograph by Y.K. Tea There Are Many More Angelfishes in the Sea…
Well, that was fast. This morning, I analyzed Palantir’s newly published 5th amendment of its S-1 filing with the SEC as it pursues a public…
An arm of the Defense Innovation Unit wants to streamline how it finds hidden problems buried in emerging crises, and is looking for a consortium…
The spotlight on edtech grows brighter and harsher: On one end, remote-learning startups are attracting millions in venture capital. On the other, many educators and…