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Yeast accelerates hydrogen production. Which could be of interest for a French startup and its newly designed business jet with fuel cell drive. The eight-person aircraft is equipped with two electric duct propellers, powered by six 400 kW fuel cells and should be able to cover up to 800 nautical miles from 2030. Meaning 80% of business flights in...

Herbs and spices can aid memory and indigestion. Now, a blind female chef is aiming to make cooking safer for blind or vision-impaired people. In a series of accessible videos, she provides tips, cooks different recipes and introduces helpful tools. Like measuring spoons with tactile raised dots that make it easier to get quantities right. Or a ceramic coin...

Blood sugar levels can be tested using the magnetometer in smartphones. Permanent magnets, however, are needed for EVs and wind turbines. The rare earths they contain are particularly valuable. Now, a Northern Irish startup is using a patented method to recycle magnets sustainably. The magnets are crushed before being mined for base metals like iron, aluminium or copper using...

Drinking water can be continuously filtered from brackish water. People whose kidneys no longer clean their blood must undergo dialysis every 2-3 days, a trying 4-6 hour process which also creates large amounts of fluid waste. A research team from South Korea is aiming to change this with its wearable device for peritoneal dialysis. Here, dialysis fluid is introduced...

Octopus can help give UV protection. Solar cells are also protected from UV rays and coated with an oil-based film for improved functionality. Now, a Finnish-led research team has hit upon an organic alternative. The team used dye from red-onion peel to coat a film made from nano-fine cellulose fibres and the new protective layer was more effective than...

A special debit card can improve women’s credit ratings. But when it comes to signing contracts or taking notes, a pen is still helpful. Enter a New York based startup and its credit card shaped pen. The designer item’s reinforced structure comprises 54 individual parts, is just 2 mm thick and weighs 28 grams. Lying flat, the movable parts...