Weed control is a steady headache for farmers. Pesticides are bad for both humans and the environment, while mechanical control is expensive and time consuming. An alternative could be to let a self-propelled robot take care of the weeds.An article in AFN describes...
As a joint project, an Italian architecture studio and 3D printing company have created the very first 3D-printed home made from soil. It only took 200 hours to build this environmentally friendly house.The house is the result of an assignment from the School of...
Plastic contributes to an enorumous waste and has an dreadful impact when it ends up in nature. Now Dr. Anne Lamp from Germany has designed a new type of plastic that is both edible and compostable.Dr. Anne Lamp, has an engineering background and a passion for a...
Microplastics pose a huge threat to the environment. Because of their miniscule size (smaller than 5 millimeter) they’re very hard to catch and remove from oceans. Now, a team of microbiologists have come up with a new way of removing them – with the help of...
In Southern Africa, coal and water have been the mainstay of electricity production for a number years. Countries such as Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia and Botswana boasts of huge deposits of coal and water bodies. However, recently other energy sources such as solar...
30 percent of humanity still lacks safe access to drinking water and the UN fears that the figure will be even higher in 2030 if nothing is done. One thing that could help to solve the problem, is if there was a efficient and cheap way of cleaning and reuse dirty...