Category: Green Technology

Earlier this summer, marine specialists uncovered a ship-container-sized data center covered in algae, barnacles and sea anemones from the seafloor of Scotland’s Orkney Islands. The recovery launched the final phase of a multi-year effort that demonstrated that the subsea data center concept is feasible, as well as practical from a logistical, environmental and economic point

The DB Brewery (New Zealand) brewery leads an initiative to protect the beaches of its country. She has created a mechanism that transforms empty beer bottles into sand to save the beaches of her country. To execute the project, he has created a special machine that crushes the bottles. The process is simple, the bottle

The good news is that China has launched the first fully electric cargo ship. According to China Daily, the 230-foot-long ship is equipped with a 2,400 kWh lithium-ion battery that stores enough electrical energy to carry 2,200 tons of cargo over a distance of 50 miles on a single charge at a maximum speed of

The Carlos III Health Institute subsidizes with half a million euros the research of a prototype that allows the rapid and non-contact analysis of surfaces contaminated by SARS-CoV-2, combining image acquisition systems in the entire optical and terahertz range ( submillimeter range) and its analysis with Artificial Intelligence. The objective is the design of a

Shutterstock Image The exploration of new paths that facilitate the energy transition does not stop. Among these options, that of seaweed has gained relevance after the United States Department of Energy has distributed 22 million dollars in aid to give a boost to the production of seaweed, not only for consumption, but also for use

The members of the Urban Rivers project are the promoters of the Trash robot initiative, the robot designed to clean a water surface controlled via the Internet. This initiative arises from the need to remove the floating garbage in the Chicago River, the objective is to achieve it by means of a boat that can

Mussels have the incredible ability to stick to rocks or any other surface in or out of water with such force that scientists have been studying them for years. Research is giving revolutionary results, we already have  a new adhesive protein that is capable of suturing wounds in 60 seconds. The discovery is the merit

Computers are very good, thanks to them we have been able to advance in various fields but as often happens not everything is good. Those same machines that make it easier for us to continue developing experiments, research, work and a long etcetera are also a very important source of waste, some quite complicated to

Professor Rajagopalan Vasudevan, dean and professor of chemistry at Masurai’s Thiagarajar College of Engineering, nicknamed “Plastic man”, has developed a new method that uses low-grade polymers or plastic waste to manufacture asphalt. For every kilometer of new road they use the equivalent of a million plastic bags. This type of asphalt is also 8% cheaper

After decades of experience in the automotive industry, the next design by Madrid expert José París will be very different. It is Watt-r, a low-cost solar vehicle specially designed for the transport of water, with which this professional based in London intends to do his part to alleviate the problems of distribution of a basic