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Industry, innovation, infrastucture


Young innovator creates thermal and acoustic insulating bricks from old clothes
Clarisse Merlet, a French architect student, pioneers FabBRICK a company producing bricks from old clothes

Joan Ubide
Jun 30, 20232 min read


Driver-owned ride-hailing app pioneers sustainable and inclusive model for the future
The Drivers Cooperative revolutionizes ride-hailing with driver-focused approach, sustainable model, and imminent profitability. Partnering

Editorial Team SDG10
Jun 28, 20233 min read


Vending machines dispense free food and drink in emergencies
In a remarkable display of forward-thinking disaster preparedness, Japan has taken a pioneering step by incorporating vending machines...

Editorial Team SDG17
Jun 18, 20232 min read


Harvesting electricity from air successful
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created a device capable of harnessing humidity from the air to generate...

Editorial Team SDG7
Jun 10, 20233 min read


How to use the power of the sun to reduce bread prices
The three-year economic crisis in Lebanon has led to an alarming increase in the prices of basic foods such as bread. In an effort to...

Fazilullah Hidari
May 11, 20232 min read


Designing for mental health: How trauma-informed buildings are promoting healing in communities
Generous windows that line walls of this new apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, do more than just flood its hallways and bedrooms in su

Daria Bilan
May 2, 20234 min read


An online marketplace is revolutionizing the recycling industry
Over 2,000 Companies Buy and Sell Recycled Plastic at This Online Marketplace Christian Schiller, an activist-entrepreneur, has...

Joan Ubide
May 2, 20233 min read


Tool Launched to Block Teen Sextortion Images on Social Media
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has launched a new tool to help minors proactively block their nude images...

Editorial Team SDG3
Apr 20, 20232 min read


Teabag-like implant invented to manage Diabetes 1
Scientists at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH Zurich) have developed a groundbreaking teabag-like implant that can manage t

Daria Bilan
Apr 14, 20233 min read


Scientists design Bacteria like corals to achieve sustainable cement production
The building industry has a significant climate footprint as one of the biggest industries on earth. To tackle it, microbes similar to...

Fazilullah Hidari
Mar 29, 20232 min read


Asphalt alternative revolutionizes sustainable road construction
The Consejería de Fomento, Infraestructuras y Ordenación del Territorio (Regional Ministry of Development, Infrastructures and...

Editorial Team SDG9
Mar 8, 20232 min read


Creating water from the air
Given that 1.1 billion people lack access to water and 2.7 billion face water scarcity for at least one month each year, drinking water...

Editorial Team SDG6
Mar 6, 20232 min read


New tiles made from fish scales
A design company creates new tiles that resemble ceramic or marble in appearance but are really composed entirely of fish scales and are...

Editorial Team SDG12
Feb 24, 20232 min read


Motorcycle ambulance running
To ensure that sick and pregnant women in central India can be transported to hospital, some areas have a motorcycle ambulance....

Editorial Team SDG3
Feb 22, 20231 min read


Company turns crushed ceramic into new construction material
New waste-free recycling devised in Mallorca allows crushed stone and ceramics to be turned into an impressive new eco-friendly building...

Editorial Team SDG9
Feb 20, 20232 min read


Startup run by sailors and surfers has devised a bubble barrier to curb plastic pollution
With a little assistance from bubbles, a Dutch firm founded by sailors and surfers has developed a method of stopping waste in its...

Editorial Team SDG9
Feb 19, 20232 min read


App assists private care for free
Nursing shortage has become a buzzword in Austria and Germany in recent years. It describes the current shortage of staff in care...

Editorial Team SDG3
Feb 17, 20232 min read


Electric and hydrogen tractors greatly increase efficiency
Together with German and Dutch companies, the university of Steinfurt (Germany) has developed an e-tractor. Solar panels ensure that the...

Editorial Team SDG9
Feb 16, 20232 min read


Mushrooms become meat
Meat alternatives are a true substitute for animal meat from an environmental standpoint. The majority of the present production methods,...

Editorial Team SDG12
Jan 27, 20233 min read


Getting home safely with a video call
"Viola Walk Home" offers global, 24/7 video call support to ensure safer journeys, easing fear and promoting mental well-being and equality worldwide.

Editorial Team SDG9
Jan 25, 20233 min read


Digital platform for sustainable timber trade
The timber business is dispersed, and knowledge of origin, quality, and working conditions is limited. Businesses who purchase lumber in...

Fazilullah Hidari
Jan 20, 20232 min read


Artificial intelligence detects rare diseases
The free Face2gene app uses artificial intelligence and facial recognition to diagnose rare diseases in children.

Daria Bilan
Jan 19, 20232 min read


Sugar strengthens batteries
Sweet things don't always have to do harm. At least this is true for batteries, as an Australian research team was able to impressively...

Editorial Team SDG7
Jan 12, 20232 min read


Dog excrement lights up streetlights
In England, a street lantern that is powered not by electricity but by dog poop has recently been causing a stir and keeping the streets cle

Joan Ubide
Jan 11, 20232 min read
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