🏠 Transparent wood makes better windows
Scientists have created see through wood, almost as clear as glass, to make better and stronger insulating windows.
🚙 Device curbs microplastic emissions from tires
College students invent a device that reduces microplastic emissions from tires and win a Dyson Award.
🌲 Residual product from forestry becomes diesel
The Swedish company Colabitoil produces and sells HVO diesel from residual products from the forest industry.
🦋 “Extinct” butterfly returns to England
Scientists have successfully reintroduced the butterfly "Large Blue" in England, making this insect conservation program one of the biggest and most successful in the world.
♻️ Super-enzyme eats plastic
Researchers have created a superenzyme that breaks down plastic in just a couple of hours and prepares it for recycling.
🐦 Fires help the endangered black-backed woodpecker
Wildfires help the endangered black-backed woodpecker which is a keyspecies for a healthy ecosystem.
💧Drinking water made from sunlight and air
Solar powered panels pull water vapour out of the air and turn it into clean drinkable water.
Made of Air
The new start-up project, Made of Air, is a revolutionary new material which both removes already existing CO2 from the atmosphere and contributes to a more sustainable future.
🖼 Public art is to clean the air in cities
Murals clean the city air at the same time as they convey positive messages.