Recent scientific advancements are transforming water into a green energy source. Hydrogen production and hydroelectric power represent established ways of generating power out of water, they are not the only ones, as cutting-edge research is discovering new ways to exploit…
Last weekend I demonstrated with my 12-year-old daughter for more climate justice. Along with 85,000 others, we walked Climate March in Amsterdam. Among the demonstrators were remarkably many children and elderly people. Such a big difference in generations and yet…
A fresh study suggests that governments depending largely on carbon dioxide removal (CDR) to achieve their climate goals might be contravening international law. Carbon emissions must reduce to net zero to curb global warming. However, states overusing CDR could face…
Kyon Energy has received approval to build the largest battery storage facility in Europe, located in Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany. Scheduled to be operational by 2025, the facility will have the capacity to store 275 megawatt-hours, enough to power a…
Dutch tech company Focus has won the 2024 CES Innovation Award in the AI category. Focus was the first in the world to develop an AI analytics platform that predicts the technological future based on global patent data. By winning…
Advertisements, discounts, and the best deals: next week is here again. Black Friday and the subsequent Cyber Monday kick off the holiday season in the US. As with so many trends, this one also blew over to Europe. Last year,…
Artificial intelligence (AI) stands at the forefront of modern technological advancements, shaping the future of international relations and security. The recent meeting between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping has sparked cautious optimism for a new era…
VivArt-X is developing a biodegradable biomaterial to regenerate tissue, with which the company can help patients with breast cancer better survive the transplanted fat. About half of the 2.3 million breast cancer patients worldwide must have cancerous tissue removed and…
The number of venture capital investments (venture investments), in European companies fell last quarter from 2,454 to 1,671 deals. This is a drop of over thirty percent. There is also good news. Despite the drop in deal volume, Europe managed…
A team at Tokyo University of Science, headed by Professor Shinichi Komaba, is on the brink of a commercial breakthrough in sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery technology. The team’s innovation, a high-capacity nanostructured hard carbon electrode, promises exceptional performance and could be…