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Scientists conducting research on biodegradable textile fibers grown from bacteria in a laboratory setting.

Jeff Bezos is putting $34 million behind clothes grown from bacteria, and cotton and polyester just got a strange new rival

June 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Industrial processing of banana pseudostem fibers, showing the transition from raw plant stalks to high-strength textile material.

Banana trunks left to rot after harvest are becoming clothes and paper, and the trash mountain behind one fruit is now a business

June 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Massive concrete caissons being installed to form the seawall of the Tuas Port expansion in Singapore.

Singapore is sinking 448 concrete giants into the sea, and the prize is a fully automated port bigger than 3,000 football fields

June 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A massive 16-megawatt Three Gorges Pilot floating offshore wind turbine installed in deep waters off the coast of Yangjiang, China.

China dropped a 16-megawatt wind giant into deep water, and one floating turbine could power 4,200 homes by itself

June 2, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A 3D-printed turbine component used for retrofitting existing non-powered dams with efficient hydropower systems.

Thousands of U.S. dams have been sitting useless for electricity, and a 3D-printed turbine could turn concrete into power

June 2, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Construction workers applying hempcrete mixture around a wood frame during home building, demonstrating hemp-lime insulation.

A material banned for decades is returning inside U.S. walls, and concrete may have a new enemy made from hemp

June 2, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Prototype perovskite solar glass windows installed for real-world testing at the Tanimachi YF Building in Osaka.

Windows that used to waste sunlight could start making electricity, and the roof may no longer be the only place to put solar power

June 2, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Massive wind turbines towering over a thriving cornfield in the rural Midwest, illustrating dual-use agricultural land.

Wind turbines taller than the Statue of Liberty are taking over U.S. fields, and the surprise is that the corn is still growing below

June 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The 42-meter MARMOK-A-5 wave energy converter floating in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bizkaia, Spain.

Spain threw a 42-meter buoy into the sea to make electricity, and the waves are now doing the job of a power plant

June 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A large, flat-cast concrete structure being pneumatically lifted into a curved dome shape during a TU Wien field test.

Austrian engineers are inflating hardened concrete with air, and the trick could make scaffolding disappear from domes, tunnels, and bridges

June 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Pakistani military aircraft and ground support personnel arriving at King Abdulaziz Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

Pakistan sent 8,000 soldiers and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, and the pact behind the move could pull a quiet ally closer to war

June 1, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A prototype microwave-assisted pyrolysis reactor built by Julian Brown to convert plastic waste into liquid hydrocarbon fuel.

A 21-year-old says he made gasoline from plastic trash, and now everyone wants to know whether his backyard machine is real

June 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The Greyshark Foxtrot autonomous underwater vehicle undergoing sea trials for long-endurance infrastructure monitoring.

It can stay underwater for 16 weeks without a crew, and Germany’s Greyshark is turning the seafloor into a new surveillance front

June 1, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A modern passenger train arriving at a newly constructed standard-gauge railway station in Nigeria.

China is ripping Nigeria away from colonial-era tracks, and the 800-mile railway bet could redraw Africa’s largest economy

June 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
A construction crew in Pokhara, Nepal, mixing shredded plastic waste into hot asphalt for road construction.

Nepal is turning noodle wrappers and plastic waste into roads, but the real test is whether the asphalt survives without leaving another problem

May 31, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Retired U.S. Navy ships moored at a pier awaiting inactivation and eventual dismantling or recycling.

The U.S. Navy is saying goodbye to 14 ships, but the real story begins after the farewell ceremonies and inside the scrapyards

May 31, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A group of small, autonomous RAnt robots working collectively to move construction blocks under a controlled light field.

A swarm of robot ants learned to build without a boss, and Harvard’s experiment points to machines that could work where humans cannot

May 31, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Illustration of a low Earth orbit surveillance satellite positioned above the Middle East.

Iran bought a Chinese satellite that sees from 310 miles above Earth, and the 2-meter resolution could change its military intelligence

May 31, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A landscape view of diverse vegetation and restored soil patches within the Great Green Wall initiative in the Sahel region.

Africa is trying to stop the Sahara with an 5,000-mile green wall, but the hardest enemy is not only the desert

May 31, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A collection of common plastic product packaging, including food containers and beverage bottles, sorted for potential recycling.

California gives plastic producers until 2032 to fix packaging, but the new recycling rules have already angered both sides

May 31, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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