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Electric vehicles could be fully charged in 10 minutes with machine learning method Charging the lithium-ion batteries that fuel electric vehicles is a delicate balancing act. Ideally, drivers want to power up as quickly as possible to get back on the motorway, but with current technology, speeding up the process can cause damage to the […]

Solid refrigerants help create eco-friendly cooling system People across the US are turning up their air conditioners to beat the summer heat. But the hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants in these products and other cooling devices are potent greenhouse gases and major drivers of climate change, experts have said. “Just installing an air conditioner or throwing one away […]

Boris Johnson greenlights funding for Sizewell C nuclear plant Whitehall sources have confirmed the Prime Minister and Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi have given the go-ahead for the financing of the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear reactor in Suffolk.  The UK government is expected to buy a 20 per cent stake in the plant for £6bn […]

Heat pump uptake could be boosted with stamp duty rebate, report finds In its ‘Going Green’ report, Onward said the UK will not reach net zero by 2050 unless people rapidly adopt new technologies and change their behaviours. In February, research from Wunderflats ranked the UK near the bottom of 28 European nations for having […]

Robot boat maps underwater volcano in South Pacific The Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) Maxlimer is part way through mapping the opening, or caldera, of the submarine Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai (HTHH) volcano in the South Pacific. The boat was developed by British company Sea-Kit International and is part of the second phase of the Tonga Eruption Seabed […]

DhiWise takes the tedium out of programmingProgramming involves a lot of monotonous tasks. Based in Gujarat, India, DhiWise wants to makes things less onerous for developers with its programming automation platform. The company, which won Product Hunt’s Golden Kitty award for Developer Tool of the Year last year, announced today it has raised $7 million […]

Sustainability data platform Worldfavor fuels up for ecosystem opportunitiesMore funding for sustainability reporting: Sweden’s Worldfavor, an early mover platform focused on building digital infrastructure to support supply chain transparency and cater to organizations’ ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting needs, has bagged €10.2 million in Series A funding to step on the growth gas. The Series […]

YC-backed Zywa, a neobank for Gen Z, raises $3M to expand across MENADubai-based Zywa, a neobank for Gen Z, plans to fuel its growth in the United Arabs Emirates (U.A.E), and to kick-start its expansion to Saudi Arabia and Egypt after raising $3 million seed funding at over $30 million (110 million AED) valuation. The […]

Black Girls Code files lawsuit against ousted founder over alleged ‘hijacking’ of websiteBlack Girls Code filed a lawsuit Monday alleging its founder Kimberly Bryant, who was ousted from her role as a board member and chief executive earlier this month, has “hijacked” the nonprofit’s website. The heart of the complaint, which was filed with the […]

Dioseve wants to help infertile people with tech that grows egg cellsBased in Japan, biotech startup Dioseve’s ambitious goal is to grow human oocytes, or eggs, from other tissue. Its aim is to help people struggling with infertility, and it recently raised $3 million led by ANRI, with participation from Coral Capital. Dioseve’s mission might […]