Explore material recognition
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Food & Drink
Eco-friendly packaging for greener stadiums
The food and drink containers are recyclable and designed to be held in one hand
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Health & Wellbeing
Deploying drones to reduce cases of dengue fever
By releasing sterilised mosquitoes, one Brazilian startup is hoping to stop the spread of this disease
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Sustainability
Revolutionising recycling with AI-enabled robots
How is this new tech keeping unnecessary waste out of landfill?
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Sustainability
Nature restoration as a profitable business model
A nature restoration fund aims to make improvements in degraded land over the long term
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Property & Construction
Affordable aerogels for next-generation thermal insulation
A company has developed an aerogel powder that balances performance, fire resistance, and cost 
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Property & Construction
AI provides insights for industries sensitive to weather
This weather prediction engine aims to turn data into insights that facilitate better business decisions
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Agriculture & Energy
Bio-mining lithium with microbes for greener extraction
Could this bio-based process help meet the demand for lithium without polluting the environment?
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Mobility & Transport
Cutting-edge tech captures pollution from vehicle brakes
An add-on system removes most of the particulate matter released when cars, trains, and lorries brake
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Manufacturing
Turning sawdust into high-value green biochemicals
A company uses ultrasound to turn low-value bio-waste into useful chemicals for a range of applications
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Sustainability
Fish-friendly barriers to combat river plastic
The tech collects micro and macro plastics, as well as wood and other debris
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Agriculture & Energy
Solar-powered micro-warehouses for crop storage
Farmers can store as much or as little as they want using their crops as loan collateral
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Mobility & Transport
AI charts a course for a lower-carbon shipping industry
The software ingests granular data to optimise routes for ships and other, inland vehicles