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Surrounded by nature, a deep breath can feel like a refreshing drink post exercise. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could experience something similar on a busy road? Particularly for children, who are often perilously close to exhaust pipes. Placing CO2 absorbing plants by the roadside is one possibility. In London and the southeast, air pollution levels can already...

Birds of a feather flock together. For evidence look no further than financing in the startup world. Already there are venture capital funds available for female founders. Now a Black trio of brothers from Toronto is creating opportunities for BIPOC entrepreneurs. Struggling to finance his cannabis business, the youngest sibling turned to his showbiz brothers, who had successfully launched...

A summer’s afternoon spent among the vines. Sounds idyllic – but for flies and wasps, attracted by the fallen fruit. With its 48,000 orange trees, the Spanish city of Seville is running a pilot project to generate electricity from the spoiled fruit on its streets. First 35 tons – from a yearly 5,700 – are sent to a water...

They’re great for compost, facial scrub, or for making CO2-neutral briquettes. Now an English football club is testing them for an even more unusual purpose. We’re talking, of course, about coffee grounds. Three cups and five plastic bottles of the stuff yields a prototype shirt. Already renowned for their green approach, for the past two years the club’s jersey...

Joint braces, prosthetic legs for dogs, or stents to help us breathe. Additive manufacturing is used for making products in small numbers or for specific purposes. Now, a charitable organization has joined forces with an architect’s office in Madagascar to build something truly spectacular using this technique: a new building that will offer 30 children space to learn. The...

Mind games help to make decisions. Digital copies of products or machines enable us to dry run hypotheses. And with Europe aiming to be the first climate neutral continent by 2050, a joint project will see EU organizations develop a digital twin of earth. A high-tech computer with 20,000 graphics processors will play through various scenarios, such as how...