These Containers Are Turning Sand into Solar Panels
It all starts with the raw material, which is sand for most solar panels that are made of silicon. But a solar panel typically requires around four years to offset the CO2 produced in the…
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47 Tons Of Recycled E-Waste Used For Tokyo Olympics 2020 Medals
According to a United Nation’s Global E-waste Monitor report, 53.6 million metric tonnes (Mt) of electronic waste (e-waste) is being produced globally every year. The report also predicts that mostly discarded products with a battery or…
Scientists Have Turned Pure Water into Shiny Golden Metal
Scientists have successfully converted water into a metallic state and were managed to keep it in that state for a few seconds. We all know water is a good conductor of electricity. This is because…
Bio-hackers Confront Big Pharma Companies by Making Insulin 98% Cheaper
Insulin has become one of the world’s most important medications post its discovery at the University of Toronto in 1921. Before that people with diabetes didn’t live for long and there wasn’t much that doctors…
Food Generator Turns Plastic into Food
Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental challenges the world face today. Billions of tons of plastic have been made over the past decades but only 9% of it has been recycled into new…
Wound-Sealing Glue from Snake Venom Can Stop Life-Threatening Bleeding In Seconds
According to the 2018 review estimates, every year, about 60,000 Americans die from blood loss. However, worldwide, that number is about 2 million. In case of life-threatening, if proper medical care is not given, it may…
Singapore to Build World’s Biggest Floating Solar Panel Farm
The market for solar energy is heating up worldwide, solar panel arrays are increasingly being deployed all over the world. More and more countries are joining the global effort to fight against climate change. So…
New Innovation Makes Solar Cells Thousand Times More Efficient
Worldwide scientists are working on improvements in solar power and are focusing on improving efficiency while lowering cost. Usually, the improvements are in the range of a few percent. But now innovation done by researchers…
The Future of Plastics – Plastic That Breaks Down In Sun and Air within a Week
Plastic trash is choking our oceans and waterways, adversely impacting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and humans. Since it does not decompose easily, plastic sticks around in the environment for ages, spreading toxins. But now a new…
The UAE Is Using Drones to Tackle 50°C Heatwave by Generating Artificial Rainfall
To deal with the scorching heat, Dubai is using the technology of cloud seeding to generate artificial rain. Worldwide extreme weather conditions are being observed. These are heating the planet like never before. The temperature…
