Taylor Davies

Researchers In Japan Made The World’s First Solid-State AC With A Record-Breaking 1,284 Watts Of Cooling Power, Capable Of Cooling Rooms To 70–72°F In 15 Mins. Using Nickel-Titanium Alloy For Cooling, Graphene-Enhanced Fluid Heat Transfer, And A Smart Design, This Eco-Friendly Tech Cuts Energy Bills, Zero Emissions, & Scales Commercially.

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Finland Tops The Year 2025 World’s Happiest Country For The 8th Year In A Row. Denmark, Iceland, & Sweden Came 2nd, 3rd, And 4th. Costa Rica & Mexico, For The First Time, Joined The Top 10, While The UK And US Dropped To 23rd And 24th. Rankings Are Based On Self-Assessments Of Happiness, Social Trust, Family Bonds, And Economic Factors.

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Climeworks Launched “Mammoth,” The World’s Largest Direct Air Capture (DAC) Plant In Iceland, Which Is 10x Bigger Than Orca. It Aims To Remove 36,000 Tons Of CO2 Annually, Using Geothermal Energy To Capture And Store Carbon Underground. While Promising, DAC Tech Faces High Costs, Scalability Issues, And Fossil Fuel Distraction Concerns.

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Scientists, For The First Time, Have Developed A Living Solar Cells From The Succulent Plant Corpuscularia Lehmannii. The Cell Works When Electron Is Transported, Via Water And Nutrients As Electrolytes, During Photosynthesis. The Plant’s Leaf Is Said To Generate 20 µA/cm2 of Photocurrent Density, For Over A Day, When Exposed To Light.

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A Pittsburgh-Based Rail Freight Company, Wabtec, In An Effort To Achieve Zero Emission Of Carbon, From Rail Transport, Has Unveiled The World’s First Battery-Electric Freight Train. The Train, Perched On A Strip Of Rail At Carnegie Mellon’s Technology Campus, Would Help Move The 1.7bn Tons Of Goods Shipped On American Railroads Each Year.

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Orca, The World Biggest C02 Removal From Air Plant, Has Turned On Its Switches On 9/9/2021. Orca, In Iceland, Is Expected To Remove 4,000 Tonnes Of C02 Annually (3 Secs Of Humanity Emissions) Out Of The ~35 Billion Tonnes Produced From Burning Fossil Fuels. The Plant Will Do This By Sucking C02 From The Atmosphere And Then Store It As Carbonate Rock.

Scientists May Have Developed A Device That Enables “Communication” With Plant Via Electrical Signals. The Device Was Successfully Tested On Venus Flytrap. The Device Could Advance Plant-Based Technologies. E.g., Plant-Based Robots That Can Help Pick-up Fragile Objects, Or Help Improve Food Security By Detecting Diseases Early In Crops.

Researchers Were Able To Grow, In The Lab, A Small Wood-Like Rigid Structure In The Shape Of A Gel Matrix. This Achievement, Though Done On A Small Scale, Has Many Implications For The Forestry, Construction, And Agriculture Sectors. But First, It Needs To Be Commercially Scalable And Practical To, E.G., Grow Furniture Like Tables.

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Researchers, By Using Commonplace Materials Like Citric Acid, Hydrogen, And Catalysts, Developed An Uncomplicated Method For Turning CO₂ Into A Possible Zero Emission Liquid Fuel, Capable Of Powering Jet Aircraft. The Technique, Though Relatively Cheaper Than Processes Used To Turn Hydrogen And Water Into Fuel, May Be Difficult To Scale.

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U.K Scientists Developed A 20 cm² “Photosheet” Device That Represents A Major Step Toward Artificial Photosynthesis . It Uses Sunlight, CO₂₂, And Water To Produce Oxygen & Formic Acid Without External Electricity. It Is Simpler, More Stable, & More Efficient Than Earlier Artificial Leaves; & Can Scale Into Large Sheets For Solar-Farm Use.

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