Syntetica raises $30M Series A for circular nylon recycling

Syntetica, a deeptech company developing recyclingtechnology for complex textile waste, has raised $30 million in a Series Afunding round to scale its nylon recycling platform and bring its technology…

A Chinese scientist built a sodium battery that charges in 4 minutes. It could break China’s 75% lithium dependence.
A Chinese scientist built a sodium battery that charges in 4 minutes. It could break China’s 75% lithium dependence.

Lu Yaxiang, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Physics, has spent a decade making sodium-ion batteries commercially viable. In April, he received China’s Youth May Fourth Medal, the country’s top honour for outstanding achieve…

Gear Libraries Are Rewriting The Rules Of Outdoor Travel In Europe

Outdoor holidays often require expensive, bulky gear that’s hard to transport and usable once. So it’s a win-win to borrow or rent gear locally instead of owning it. Here’s how.

A Beefed Up Golf Cart And An Anti-Cybertruck: Cheap, Quirky EVs Are Coming

Chip Motors is taking orders for a low-speed, battery-powered “life utility vehicle,” priced from $15,000, joining a new wave of quirky EVs.

A Beefed-Up Golf Cart And An Anti-Cybertruck: Cheap, Quirky EVs Are Coming

Chip Motors is taking orders for a low-speed, battery-powered “life utility vehicle,” priced from $15,000, joining a new wave of quirky EVs.

Australia sets up a national Office of AI
Australia sets up a national Office of AI

Australia has set up a national Office of AI. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also promised new copyright protection for creatives, in a speech in Sydney. Albanese announced the plan on Wednesday at the University of Sydney, the Guardian reported. His …

Britain’s flagship AI data centre can’t get the power to switch on
Britain’s flagship AI data centre can’t get the power to switch on

Britain wants to be an AI superpower. One of its flagship data centres cannot get the electricity to switch on. Nscale’s £2bn Essex site has the money, the planning permission, and a grid connection, but no power arriving in time. Nscale has the cash, …

Microsoft promised to be carbon negative. Its emissions just jumped 25%
Microsoft promised to be carbon negative. Its emissions just jumped 25%

Microsoft promised to be carbon negative by 2030. Its own report shows emissions up 25% in a year instead. The number is worse than it looks, and also more honest than it looks, and the reason for both is the same: AI data centres. Microsoft set one of…

Chinese EVs Are Surging. But America Is Fighting The Wrong Battle

While U.S. and European leaders blame “massive subsidies,” new analysis shows that China’s EV advantage comes from something far more consequential.

How Bordeaux Is Adapting Fine Wine For A Hotter Future

Bordeaux and Médoc-Atlantique are adapting for rising heat by focusing on overall vineyard resilience through more biodiversity, cover crops and changing wine blends.