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Partnership to Deploy Long-Duration Energy Storage in Australia

ESS Inc announced a strategic partnership with Energy Storage Industries Asia Pacific to distribute and manufacture iron flow batteries utilizing ESS technology in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania to meet rapidly growing demand for long-duration energy storage in the region.

Using Sound and Bubbles to Make Bandages Sticker and Last Longer

Researchers have discovered that they can control the stickiness of adhesive bandages using ultrasound waves and bubbles. This breakthrough could lead to new advances in medical adhesives, especially in cases where adhesives are difficult to apply such as on wet skin.

Bombora Completes Testing of Floating Hybrid Energy Platform

As part of the EuropeWave Programme, Bombora Wave Power has successfully completed tank testing of a floating foundation system suitable for the InSPIRE solution, where mWave technology is combined with a wind turbine onto a single floating offshore platform.

FlexFarming

FlexFarming is a UK-based vertical farming company that has developed a unique 'farm-as-a-battery '(FAB) concept.

E-magy's Silicon for Next-Gen Batteries has Near-Zero Swelling

E-magy and ZSW demonstrated a less than 1% battery cell expansion for the first time in a silicon-dominant lithium-ion battery. With the company's unique nano-porous silicon, batteries are made with only silicon as the active anode material, boosting the energy that can be stored in a single battery.

Turn It Up: The Power of Music - Amazing Technology

The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester is opening a world-first immersive exhibition exploring the science of music's mysterious hold over us and how it drives us to create, perform, feel and share.

Funding to Research Clean Hydrogen Generation from Biomass

Funding for researchers at Cranfield University to look at new ways to generate hydrogen energy from biomass has been announced by the Government. The technology would allow biomass - organic products such as wood, grasses or used brewery hops - to be used to generate hydrogen while capturing CO2 emissions at the same time.

Food Supply Challenge Addressed : 3D Printed Algae, Plants and Insects

As the global population continues to age and grow, the demand for protein-rich food is also expected to increase concurrently. This has also caused concerns on increasing greenhouse gases, land and water consumption associated with the conventional rearing of animals for food. In some parts of Africa, Asia and South America, people have already been turning to alternative sources of proteins from insects, plants and algae for sustainable, nutrient-rich food. However, the idea of consuming insects might be an uncomfortable concept to digest for the rest of the world.

Colourful Solar Panels Are More Attractive

Solar panels aren't just for rooftops anymore - some buildings even have these power-generating structures all over their facades. But as more buildings and public spaces incorporate photovoltaic technologies, their monotonous black color could leave onlookers underwhelmed. Now, researchers have created solar panels that take on colorful hues while producing energy nearly as efficiently as traditional ones.

AI Pilot Can Navigate Crowded Airspace

A team of researchers have developed the first AI pilot that enables autonomous aircraft to navigate a crowded airspace. The artificial intelligence can safely avoid collisions, predict the intent of other aircraft, track aircraft and coordinate with their actions, and communicate over the radio with pilots and air traffic controllers. The researchers aim to develop the AI so the behaviors of their system will be indistinguishable from those of a human pilot.

New Faster Charging Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Researchers have developed a new method to improve solid-state hydrogen fuel cell charging times. Hydrogen is gaining significant attention as an efficient way to store 'green energy' from renewables such as wind and solar. Compressed gas is the most common form of hydrogen storage, however it can also be stored in a liquid or solid state.

First High-Performance Nanostructured Alloy is Ultrastrong and Ductile

A team of researchers has 3D printed a dual-phase, nanostructured high-entropy alloy that exceeds the strength and ductility of other state-of-the-art additively manufactured materials, which could lead to higher-performance components for applications in aerospace, medicine, energy and transportation.

Switch Mobility and Chalo to Deliver 5000 Electric Buses to India

Switch Mobility Ltd. ('Switch'), the next-generation carbon neutral electric bus and light commercial vehicle company and Chalo, India's leading transport technology company, today announce that they have entered into a strategic collaboration for the deployment of 5,000 state-of-the-art electric buses across India.

Gene Editing via CRISPR/Cas9 Ends in Cell Toxicity, Genome Instability

CRISPR/Cas9 is a commonly used, very precise, gene editing technique. CRISPR allows the introduction of the desired DNA sequence into (virtually) any spot of the genome, thus modifying or inactivating a gene. This technique is widely used in biomedical research and some CRISPR-based therapies are in clinical trials for the treatment of human blood disorders, some types of cancer and HIV, among other conditions.

Microrobotics in Endodontic Treatment, Diagnostics

With its irregularities and anatomical complexities, the root canal system is one of the most clinically challenging spaces in the oral cavity. As a result, biofilm not fully cleared from the nooks and crannies of the canals remains a leading cause of treatment failure and persistent endodontic infections, and there are limited means to diagnose or assess the efficacy of disinfection. One day, clinicians may have a new tool to overcome these challenges in the form of microrobots.

Another Step on the Path to Widespread MaaS

The automotive industry and many robotics start-ups have been promising that autonomous cars are just a couple of years away for many years now. It feels like this "just a couple of years" has been perpetually kicked down the road, with only incremental gains each time. However, Cruise, the robotaxi arm of General Motors, has recently been given approval to start charging passengers in San Francisco. So, is this an enormous leap forward for robotaxis, or just another incremental gain?

LG Display Unveils Innovative OLED Technologies

The recently-unveiled 97-inch OLED.EX display boasts the company's special Cinematic Sound OLED technology, which allows the display to vibrate and generate the sound directly from the display without separate speakers. A 5.1 channel sound system is embedded into the widescreen, creating a performance that offers a cinematic level of immersion.

Plugless Power

Plugless Power Inc. is a privately held company based in Houston, Texas, that developed and manufactured low power wireless charging equipment for electric vehicles. It offered its products as a premium aftermarket accessory through 2016 to 2019 before stopping all sales. IDTechEx spoke to its CEO, Michael Rai Anderson, to understand the state of the company and future outlook.

Seers Technology

Seers Technology offers a medical platform and skin patch for cardiac monitoring.

Manna Drone Delivery: Fully Autonomous Drone Delivery in Europe

Manna Drone Delivery was founded in 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. It has an office in San Francisco, USA. The company raised US$25 million in funding in 2021. Manna provides fully autonomous drone delivery services, focused on low-value but high-frequency categories, such as takeaway food, coffee, and groceries.