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Oct 9, 2022

Think Lab Grown Meet is a Big Deal, What About Lab-Made Milk?

Posted by in categories: food, sustainability

Microbrewery may be where your glass of milk will come from in the near future.


Precision fermentation produces milk and dairy products without cows. This can be a far more environmentally sustainable food source.

Oct 8, 2022

Musk says Tesla to deliver its first Semi truck to Pepsi on December 1

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

Musk hasn’t specified how many trucks, the company can roll out.

The long wait for Tesla’s Semi Trucks may have finally come to an end after CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the company would begin deliveries to Pepsi Co starting December this year.

Tesla and its investors must be hopeful that the Semi Truck will herald a new age in electric trucking just as the company’s sedans did for the passenger vehicle segment. Owning a Tesla has been a matter of pride for many who took the plunge into electric vehicles way before governments could even think of electric vehicle sale mandates.

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Oct 8, 2022

NASA May Have A Way To Recharge Electric Cars In Less Than Five Minutes

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

A technology developed for use in space may turn out to be a breakthrough for the electric vehicle industry making 5-minute recharges possible.


FBCE which stands for flow boiling and condensation experiment is a space technology that may soon be incorporated into EV charging cables.

Oct 8, 2022

A 1973 MIT Supercomputer Predicted the End of the World by 2040

Posted by in categories: supercomputing, sustainability

However, in 1973, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology predicted the end of our civilization with the help of one of the most powerful supercomputers of that time.

In 1973, experts developed a computer program at MIT to model global sustainability. Instead, it predicted that by 2040 our civilization would end.

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Oct 8, 2022

New Metal Lungs Boosted Mammals’ Respiratory Efficiency

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, space, sustainability

These days when we are struggling with the pandemic, even breathing with peace of mind has become challenging. Especially the form of the mammalian respiratory system, requiring inhalation and exhalation, leaves us more vulnerable to the propagation of viral diseases.

But now, a group of South Korean artists, Bongkyu Song of BKID and Moon&Jeon, has devised a metal lung concept that uses algae to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. This device named Super Lung is inspired by the respiratory system of birds. Moreover, its designers assert that this concept increases mammalian respiratory efficiency by 300%. But how?

Oct 8, 2022

Zinc-cerium redox flow battery for renewable energy storage

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

“The Ce electrolyte is highly oxidative, which poses a challenge towards the stability of anion membrane,” Daoud said. “Thus, the stability and selectivity of anion membrane require further improvement.”

The device achieved a voltage plateau of 2.3 V at 20 mA cm − 2, energy efficiency of 71.3% at 60 mA cm − 2, and a record average Coulombic efficiency of 94% during cycling.

Oct 7, 2022

How limitless green energy would change the world

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

Limitless renewable energy would offer tantalising benefits: emissions-free heating, greener fertiliser and electric transport. But overcoming the obstacles will not be easy.

Oct 7, 2022

Musk: Tesla Semi truck coming in December, first deliveries to Pepsi

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

As if Elon Musk’s week couldn’t be more eventful, the Tesla (TSLA) CEO gave the automotive world more news to chew on.

In a tweet last night, Musk said Tesla has begun production of its long-awaited electric Tesla Semi truck, and that deliveries to Pepsi (PEP) would begin on December 1st. In a follow-up tweet, Musk said the semi would have 500 miles of range and would be “super fun to drive.”

Oct 6, 2022

Engineers created a safe micro-nuclear reactor that fits in the back of a truck

Posted by in categories: climatology, nuclear energy, sustainability

The new system uses molten salts instead of traditional fuel rods.

The world is rethinking nuclear power plants in the face of climate change. Your average plant produces 8,000 times more power than fossil fuels and is environmentally friendly. There’s one massive caveat, though, in the form of nuclear disasters, such as the 1986 Chernobyl incident and the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

Now, professor Matthew Memmott and colleagues from Bingham Young University (BYU) announced that they designed a new molten salt micro-reactor system that allows for safer nuclear energy production. As per a press release, it may also solve a number of other key issues related to nuclear energy production.

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Oct 6, 2022

Taiwan is turning unused metro stations into vertical farms

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

The 40-square-meter hydroponic farm cultivates lettuce under LED lighting without using pesticides.

In an effort to provide passengers with amenities beyond transportation, Taiwan has chosen an unusual location for vertical farming, an underground metro station.

Nanjing Fuxing station in Taipei cultivates vegetables in a technologically advanced setting that assures precisely controlled humidity, temperatures, and other elements promoted as a method of cultivating unpolluted and healthy plants, Taiwan News reported on Wednesday.

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