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Jul 14, 2022

Nikita Michelsen, Founder & CEO, Pearlita Foods — Sustainable Cell Cultured Mollusk Seafood Products

Posted by in categories: biological, food, sustainability

Sustainable cell cultured mollusk seafood products — nikita michelsen, founder & CEO, pearlita foods.


Nikita Michelsen, is Founder & CEO of Pearlita Foods (https://www.pearlitafoods.com/), the world’s first cell-based mollusk company, which is developing sustainably & ethically grown products, like oysters and abalone, that are contaminant free without compromising flavor or nutrition.

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Jul 13, 2022

Desalination plants, not Mississippi River water, are the solution to West’s water needs

Posted by in categories: engineering, sustainability

Desert Sun readers weigh in on possible engineering solutions to Western drought.

Jul 13, 2022

Mazda revives rotary engine to extend range of electric cars

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Automaker to release its MX-30 SUV equipped with the iconic motor later this year.


TOKYO — Mazda Motor is planning to revive its iconic rotary engine in a plug-in hybrid car by the end of this year as it attempts to simultaneously please fans and cope with tougher environmental rules in its main markets, such as Europe.

Jul 13, 2022

New perovskite-silicon solar cells smash through the 30 efficiency barrier

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability

Jul 12, 2022

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Is Here To Help EV Batteries, Not Harm Them

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

Two heads are better than one: new electric truck from Tevva deploys hydrogen fuel cell and battery technology for maximum efficiency.

Jul 12, 2022

German supplier claims to have a “wear-free” electric motor good for towing, performance EVs

Posted by in category: sustainability

Mahle claims the motor can run continuously at 90% of its max output, with durability assured by a new integrated oil-cooling technique.

Jul 11, 2022

The Future of Earth: 1000 Years From Now

Posted by in categories: climatology, sustainability

The Future of Earth: 1,000 Years From Now.


In the last 250 years, humans have drastically and irreversibly transformed the Earth. Greenhouse gases emitted by human industries have changed the planet’s climate, presenting the single greatest threat humanity has ever faced. If humans can cause such incredible damage to the Earth in 250 years, what will our planet look like in 1,000 years time?

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Jul 11, 2022

Video reveals China’s first solar-powered car without a wheel

Posted by in categories: solar power, sustainability, transportation

Jul 10, 2022

Researchers completely re-engineer yeast to make more biofuel

Posted by in categories: chemistry, sustainability

Circa 2020


A little while ago, we covered the idea of using photovoltaic materials to drive enzymatic reactions in order to produce specific chemicals. The concept is being considered mostly because doing the same reaction in a cell is often horribly inefficient, because everything else in the cell is trying to regulate the enzymes, trying to use the products, trying to convert the byproducts into something toxic, or up to something even more annoying. But in many cases, these reactions rely on chemicals that are only made by cells, leaving some researchers to suspect it still might be easier to use living things in the end.

Jul 9, 2022

Why Does Geothermal Get Missed in Conversations About Renewable Energy?

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability

Paul Woskov of MIT shows a sample of what a gyrotron can do to vaporize solid rock. The technology may soon help to harvest geothermal energy.


Geothermal renewable energy is the forgotten cousin of wind and solar. An old Soviet-era technology, the gyrotron, may soon change that.