Technology

Clean tech, engineering breakthroughs and space exploration

The Technology section covers clean tech, engineering breakthroughs, space exploration, desalination, advanced materials and green innovation. Inventions and cutting-edge projects that could help solve environmental challenges and change everyday life.

A Paris startup backed by Y Combinator says its bug-hunting drone completed its first autonomous kill, but the insect it caught was a moth, not a mosquito.

By ECONEWS

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August 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM

A California startup won approval to launch a 59-foot mirror into orbit that beams sunlight to a chosen spot on Earth, helping crews work after dark

By ECONEWS

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August 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Power lines for AI data centers could cross private land by force, and the legal tool behind it is raising a new climate fight

By ECONEWS

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August 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Australia may build a $40 billion AI data center powered by gas, and its electricity demand is the part raising alarms

By Adrian Villellas

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July 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM

At 17, a student in Bangladesh used old laptop batteries, broken circuit boards, and parts from an old tube TV to build a solar-powered water purifier

By ECONEWS

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July 27, 2026 at 6:33 PM

NASA awards $590 million to Astrobotic, Firefly and Intuitive Machines for four Moon deliveries in 2028

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July 26, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Engineers developed sand dampers that could replace oil and protect buildings and bridges more cheaply and sustainably when vibrations or earthquakes hit

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July 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Young creators built DragonBot, a low-cost robot programmed to pick only one type of seasonal fruit, a very farm-smart idea that could save labor without relying on expensive machines

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July 25, 2026 at 10:18 AM

Spain created aircraft landing gear capable of storing energy like a battery, a strange idea that could turn the force of every landing into usable electricity

By ECONEWS

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July 21, 2026 at 8:45 AM

An agricultural town in Australia has jobs, factories, and a desire to grow, but it lacks the most basic necessity: Housing for its employees, and now it wants to solve this problem with 3D-printed homes

By ECONEWS

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July 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM

The following response from a chatbot may seem gratuitous and effortless, but the UN has just revealed its hidden side: Data centers, water, land, and electricity on a scale that spans entire countries

By Adrian Villellas

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July 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Texas engineers created a jacket capable of extracting up to 900 milliliters of drinking water per day directly from the air, an invention that sounds like science fiction for surviving a drier future

By ECONEWS

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July 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Homes that can be built in just one week, without cement and with the promise of saving energy: the system trying to prove that building fast does not have to mean building worse

By ECONEWS

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July 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Barcelona wants to turn a random street into a climate laboratory by 2027 using asphalt made from olive pits and pine waste, which could reduce CO2 emissions from the top layer by up to 75%

By ECONEWS

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July 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM

A student from Nuevo Laredo noticed something that we all see but that almost no one pays attention to: the water dripping from the air conditioner. She turned it into HidroAC+, a system for growing plants in a city where temperatures can exceed 104 °F for months on end

By ECONEWS

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July 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM

The idea—which sounds strange but might make sense—is to use sunlight, black metal, and the “coffee stain” effect to desalinate water without producing any liquid waste

By Adrian Villellas

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July 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Perhaps the greatest breakthrough for the future of AI isn’t a smarter chatbot, but one capable of thinking with fewer chips, less heat, and much less electricity

By ECONEWS

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July 9, 2026 at 8:45 AM

The history of cities has always seemed to be driven by money, technology, and institutions, but a new study suggests there may be something more fundamental and powerful: the simple act of bringing people closer together changes the entire network

By ECONEWS

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July 8, 2026 at 11:15 AM

The United States has 624,167 bridges, of which more than 220,000 are in need of repair, but a new generation of quantum sensors could detect hidden damage before it becomes visible from the road

By ECONEWS

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July 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM

A Russian university has just unveiled a tractor attachment that injects cooled exhaust gases directly into the soil—a highly unusual idea that promises to benefit crops but requires extensive testing under real-world conditions

By ECONEWS

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July 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM

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