Production

A microalgae cultivation facility along the Kona Coast of Hawaii’s Big Island is an example of the kind of farm proposed to generate enough protein to feed the world

Environment

Coastal algae farms proposed as solution to future food crisis

A new paper speculates future global food production problems could be solved by growing protein-dense microalgae in coastal aquaculture farms. The modeling boldly projects 100% of global protein demands could be provided by microalgae in 2050.

A high purity titanium bar (Photo: Heinrich Pniok)

Science

New refining process could lower cost of titanium by 60%

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) have been selected by ARPA-E to carry out a one year project aimed at developing a low cost method to obtain titanium metal from its ore. The process could lower the cost of the metal by up to 60 percent.

The LIGA2.X jigsaw puzzle (Image: Jochen Heneka, KIT)

Science

World's smallest jigsaw pieces are under a millimeter in size

It may consist of only three pieces, but at under a millimeter in size each, we imagine this jigsaw puzzle made at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is a little on the fiddly side.

The ability to grow artificial meat in a lab could be essential to a stable future

Environment

Scientists grow meat in a lab for the first time

Artificial meat successfully grown in a laboratory for the first time.

Environment

World's largest solar panels go into production

Solar Panel Manufacturer T-Solar Global S.A. has just announced that it has begun volume production of the world’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) modules.