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This startup is using AI to ‘supercharge’ crop breeding. It could help protect farmers from the climate crisis
US company REGENT is developing “seagliders” -- a new type of electric boat-plane hybrid.<br />In 2022, the company tested a quarter-scale model of its Viceroy Seaglider, which the company says will carry 12 passengers with a 180-mile range.
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Electric ‘seagliders’ that skim over water could make ferries a thing of the past
A model showing the hexagonal structure of graphene cast a shadow on graphene ink coated onto metal foil for the construction of battery & supercapacitor electrodes in a laboratory at the National Graphene Institute facility, part of the The University of Manchester, in Manchester, U.K., on Thursday, April 12, 2018. Researchers are studying ways to use graphene in batteries, and the material has the potential to significantly boost performance in a much-needed technology. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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The world’s strongest material could be used to make clean drinking water
Some of the antiquities returned to Italy from London are seen on display at Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, Italy, May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
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Ancient treasures are being looted, but blockchain could help protect them
Inception, the pioneering G42 company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of AI, announced the open-source release of Jais, the world's highest quality Arabic Large Language Model. Jais is a 13-billion parameter model trained on a newly developed 395-billion-token Arabic and English dataset.
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Barney Shanks (left) and Sam Draper have been developing a method to produce carbon-neutral concrete, at Imperial College London.
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A worker in Bangladesh collects dyed fabric after drying it under the sun at a dyeing factory.
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One-fifth of water pollution comes from textile dyes. But a new material inspired by shellfish could clean it up
A driverless TII car races against former F1 driver Daniil Kvyal at the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky
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<p>In the ever-evolving landscape of protein alternatives, a lot of effort goes into crafting food that tastes like the meat products we know and love. Chicago-based company Nature's Fynd is turning a fungi microbe discovered in Yellowstone National Park into meatless, dairy-free protein.</p>
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<p>Crop breeding is an age-old science used to make our crops more productive, resilient and nutritious, but it can be a long, slow process. A company in North Carolina is using generative AI to accelerate the adaptation of crops to climate change.</p>
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How mapping Mars could help us live there
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Video Scientists have a way of removing carbon dioxide from our oceans
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Video Bold Pursuits: How technology is solving environmental challenges

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<p>CNN’s Veronica Miracle meets the scientists and innovators striving to create a food system that can better adapt to a changing climate</p>
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