Kevin Montien

Social communicator and journalist with extensive experience in creating and editing digital content for high-impact media outlets. He stands out for his ability to write news articles, cover international events and his multicultural vision, reinforced by his English language training (B2 level) obtained in Australia.
A construction worker assembling a modular wall using interlocking, bright-colored bricks made from 100% recycled plastic waste.

Recycled-plastic blocks can snap into a small house in five days, as construction starts to look like a puzzle

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June 27, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A 10 Ah multilayer pouch cell prototype from SOLiTHOR, showcasing the company's solid-state battery technology designed for aerospace and defense.

A battery built for aircraft and defense hit 465 Wh/kg, and the safety tests may be the bigger story than the energy density

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June 27, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A construction site in Lincoln, Nebraska, where a new pipeline is being installed to transport cooling water from a data center.

Nebraska is building a $10 million wastewater line to cool a data center, and AI’s heat problem is reaching the sewer

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June 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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

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June 26, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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

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June 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A cycling path in Denmark illuminated by low-profile, red LED bollard lights to accommodate bat flight paths.

Denmark is replacing white streetlights with red LEDs on one road, and the reason is hidden in the flight path of bats

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June 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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

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June 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A slim, titanium-encased BMX SolidSafe magnetic power bank attached to the back of a smartphone, showcasing its ultra-thin design.

A $60 magnetic power bank is making semi-solid-state batteries feel ordinary, and that may be the bigger shift for portable charging

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June 24, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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

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June 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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

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June 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Renewable energy infrastructure, including solar panels and wind turbines, representing the expansion of the U.K. clean energy grid.

Drax is buying solar and wind farms in a £560 million deal, and the bigger story is who controls renewable capacity after the boom

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June 22, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A digital rendering of the Arklow Bank Wind Park 2 layout off the coast of Ireland, showing the proposed offshore turbine distribution.

Arklow Bank Wind Park 2 is changing its offshore design, and the redesign shows how wind farms keep moving after approval battles

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June 21, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The Uminonakamichi Nata Seawater Desalination Center (Mamizupia) in Fukuoka, Japan, featuring the osmotic power generation facility.

Japan switched on Asia’s first osmotic power plant, and the fuel is not wind or sun but the clash between fresh water and salt

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June 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The Nabrawind Skylift system raising a Goldwind wind turbine nacelle at the InnoVent Diaz wind farm in Namibia without the use of a traditional large crane.

Namibia raised a large wind turbine without giant cranes, and the workaround could change how remote clean-energy projects get built

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June 20, 2026 at 6:45 PM
An aerial view of the Tanbreez project site in southern Greenland, representing a strategic shift in global rare earth supply chains.

The rare-earth race is moving to Greenland, and the minerals that matter most are still the ones China controls

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June 20, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A US Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier II performing its signature vertical landing during a retirement ceremony at Cherry Point.

Goodbye to the Harrier: the US Navy retires its vertical-takeoff fighter, and a whole era of close airpower closes with it

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June 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
French Rafale and Swedish Gripen fighter jets flying in formation during a NATO Baltic Air Policing interception mission.

Two French Rafales intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltics, and the mission shows how quickly NATO’s warning line is moving

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June 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A silhouetted image representing IDF special operations training, emphasizing the elite and secretive nature of the Sayeret Matkal unit.

For the first time, a woman completes Sayeret Matkal’s training track, and Israel’s most secretive unit faces a historic shift

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June 18, 2026 at 6:00 AM
A massive steel anchor cage assembly being prepared for transport to the Uungula Wind Farm site.

Wind farm breathes life into local manufacturing as last of 69 massive steel cages are sent to site, and the consequence is bigger than the first headline suggests 

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June 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
A Rolls-Royce Trent 900 turbofan engine mounted on the wing of an Airbus A380 during maintenance.

Rolls-Royce built a jet engine so powerful it forced Airbus to redesign the aircraft around it 

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June 16, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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