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A wide view of the Mount Sendatsu solar plant, showing the layout of panels that are causing unexpected light reflection in nearby neighborhoods.

A Fukushima megasolar plant was expected to reflect light for 5 minutes, but the glare lasted up to 53 minutes

Techy44
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June 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A mega solar plant in Fukushima City is now at the center of a very…..

A construction crew assembling the structural walls of a house using large, interlocking solid-wood blocks that require no mortar or glue.

Germany’s wooden blocks can raise a house structure in 7 days, without cement, glue, screws or metal anchors

Kevin Montien
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June 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM

The humble brick has had a very long run. For generations, it has been the…..

A modular 3D-printed terracotta brick system installed in an urban bus stop to provide natural evaporative cooling for commuters.

A 9°C cooling claim is putting 3D-printed terracotta in the spotlight, as cities search for heat relief without more electricity

Sonia Ramirez
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June 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A bus stop on a hot afternoon can feel less like public infrastructure and more…..

An engineering rendering of the proposed Agua Negra Tunnel, showing two parallel tunnels drilled deep beneath the Andes mountain peaks.

A 9-mile tunnel through the Andes could redraw cargo routes between Argentina, Chile and the Pacific before Asia feels closer

Kevin Montien
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June 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM

Snow in the Andes is not just a postcard problem. For cargo drivers, tour operators,…..

A surf lifesaver piloting a drone over a beach to monitor coastal waters for shark activity.

Shark bites are forcing Australia to choose between culls and sensors, and the safer answer may already be flying over the water

Kevin Montien
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June 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM

After a serious shark attack at Sydney’s Coogee Beach, Australia’s beach-safety debate has taken a…..

A diagram showing the internal process of a zero-carbon direct coal fuel cell converting powdered coal into electricity.

It sounds impossible, but China’s coal fuel cell turns powdered carbon into electricity without smoke, and the CO₂ stays trapped inside

Sonia Ramirez
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June 23, 2026 at 7:45 AM

Coal has always carried one stubborn image: a dark fuel feeding a hot furnace while…..

Economy

Massive concrete blocks being positioned by cranes along the Faroz Port breakwater to shield fishing vessels from Black Sea storm surges.

Turkey is placing 5,000 concrete blocks weighing 21 metric tons each in the Black Sea to build a breakwater capable of withstanding five-meter waves following the latest historic floods

Techy44
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June 28, 2026 at 10:35 AM

Turkey has started placing roughly 5,000 huge concrete blocks around Faroz Port in Trabzon, a…..

A student demonstrating a hydroponic garden system that collects and treats condensation from an air conditioning unit to water plants.

A Mexican student turned air-conditioner runoff into water for crops, linking extreme heat to food production in a simple system

Kevin Montien
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June 26, 2026 at 12:30 PM

When the temperature climbs above 104°F in northern Mexico, air conditioning stops feeling like a…..

A wide shot of a hydroelectric dam facility in British Columbia, symbolizing the province's reliance on clean power.

BC Hydro is quietly looking for gas contracts, and the move exposes the harder side of the clean-power shortage

Techy44
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June 26, 2026 at 9:30 AM

British Columbia has long been seen as a clean-power success story, a place where hydroelectric…..

An aerial view of the Three Gorges Dam facility with construction equipment visible for the new five-tier ship lock expansion project.

China has started building the world’s largest river lock on the Yangtze, a 10-year project meant to break the Three Gorges cargo bottleneck

Sonia Ramirez
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June 26, 2026 at 6:00 AM

China has started construction on one of the most ambitious river infrastructure projects on Earth,…..

A sleek, foldable two-story modular steel container house being assembled on a residential plot.

Goodbye to rent: Chinese steel prefab homes with six rooms are selling online ready to live in for less than $14,000

Adrian Villellas
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June 23, 2026 at 6:45 PM

An Amazon Spain listing for a foldable, two-story prefab container house is getting attention because…..

A diagram illustrating the solution mining process used to create underground salt caverns for storing crude oil in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

America keeps emergency oil inside underground salt caverns, and the hidden reserve really matters when markets panic

Kevin Montien
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June 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM

Drive along Interstate 10 through Louisiana and Texas, and the oil industry is hard to…..