Eco-Innovation

Eco-Innovation

How AI is speeding up disaster response after earthquakes and storms

The researchers’ AI flagged more than 7,000 landslides within just three hours following an earthquake last year.

23/07/2025

Eco-Innovation

From Italy to Ukraine, plastic waste gets a second life with DIY tech

Around 1400 tonnes were recycled by the Precious Plastic community in one year. Could open-source tech help plastic recycling finally take off?

20/07/2025

Eco-Innovation

Meet the fashion designers cooking up unique biomaterial recipes

From mycelium leather to corn-based elastane, there have been many biomaterial breakthroughs in recent years. When will they become mainstream?

15/07/2025

Eco-Innovation

Scotland’s underwater turbines break record after 6 years in situ

The turbines generated enough electricity collectively to power up to 7,000 homes annually.

08/07/2025

Eco-Innovation

Solar electricity played ‘major role’ during heatwave, experts explain

Storing solar energy could be the biggest opportunity to strengthen grids, researchers say, as prices soared in Germany, France and Poland.

07/07/2025

Eco-Innovation

Report reveals huge solar power potential of abandoned coal mines

“The same ground that powered the industrial era can help power the climate solutions we now urgently need,” analysts say of the 300 GW solution.

19/06/2025

Eco-Innovation

Old smartphones turned into ‘tiny data centres’ to track marine life

For just €8, researchers are turning old smartphones into devices capable of tracking marine life and buses.

16/06/2025

Eco-Innovation

Meet the inventors helping farmers keep fruit fresh longer

In partnership with European Patent Office

Drawing on their farming roots, Ugandan entrepreneurs Sandra Namboozo and Samuel Muyita have created a natural sachet that keeps fruit fresh for longer.

16/06/2025

Eco-Innovation

World’s largest sand battery starts slashing emissions in Finnish town

The 15 metres wide battery can store a month's heat demand in summer - how does it work?

15/06/2025

Eco-Innovation

How the Mashouf sisters are turning CO₂ into textiles

In partnership with European Patent Office

Neeka and Leila Mashouf have created a breakthrough enzymatic process that turns CO₂ into cellulose-based fibres for textiles and beyond, offering a sustainable alternative to conventional production.

13/06/2025

Eco-Innovation

The engineers cleaning up the high seas by trapping ship emissions

In partnership with European Patent Office

With a modular carbon capture system for ships, Alisha Fredriksson and Roujia Wen are helping decarbonise maritime transport – one pebble at a time.

12/06/2025

Eco-Innovation

Seaweed packaging is shifting single-use plastic out of stadiums

Notpla is aiming to expand in Europe and displace 1 billion units of single-use plastic by 2030.

07/06/2025

Eco-Innovation

These UK scientists are ‘growing colour’ using nature’s DNA codes

Colorifix successfully dyed greens and oranges this year, adding to a palette of pigments from nature.

01/06/2025

Eco-Innovation

Europe’s carbon capture and storage strategy off to a rocky start

High costs, local opposition and technical issues threaten the viability of the EU’s multi-billion euro gamble on CCS to decarbonise heavy industry.

26/05/2025

The Big Question

The Big Question: How can we cut house prices and keep using concrete?

Paebbl’s technology could transform the construction industry and reduce concrete emissions by up to 70%.

26/05/2025

Eco-Innovation

What happened to the dream of a European supergrid?

In the wake of the widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal, experts revisit the case for a supergrid across Europe.

11/05/2025

Eco-Innovation

Indian city uses smartwatches to track impact of deadly heat

Cities like Ahmedabad have always had hot summers, but now they're nearing the threshold beyond which exposure for more than a few hours can be fatal.

01/05/2025

Eco-Innovation

Solar has a ‘cybersecurity challenge’. Here’s what experts suggest

A new report maps solar systems’ cybersecurity weaknesses and how we can protect them.

30/04/2025

Eco-Innovation

What are the five hardest things to recycle in Europe?

We still don’t know how to recycle these five common products, but scientists are busy finding answers.

19/04/2025

Eco-Innovation

Scientists might have found a way to generate electricity from rain

Researchers have used rain-like droplets moving through a tube to generate enough energy to light up 12 LEDs.

17/04/2025