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Science
What is kirigami and how has it inspired scientists to create a new material?
Scientists have taken kirigami principles and applied them to 3D materials, to create structures which are capable of transforming into multiple different architectures.
Cities and Urbanization
What Stockholm can teach the world about green urban development
Stockholm is leading example of how urban innovation can foster entrepreneurship. Can other cities learn from its approach to green urban development?
Financial and Monetary Systems
How financial innovation is changing
New research suggests that recent financial innovations have been driven by companies outside of finance - with US tech firms a large driver of change.
Precision Medicine
Gene therapies could change millions of lives - so how will we pay for them?
Gene therapies can cost million of dollars. Kevin Doxzen explains why creative new payment systems are needed to help fund treatment.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
These countries rank highest for digital competitiveness
New report ranks 140 countries by their digital competitiveness. The results show that digital advances don't always come from the most obvious places.
Sustainable Development
IKEA is selling renewable energy to households to become 'climate positive'
Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA stores, is partnering with companies to sell renewable electricity in Sweden in a bid to make IKEA 'climate positive'
Biodiversity
IPCC report: 10 innovative ways people around the world are tackling climate change
From yarn that makes electricity to AI, apps and wind-powered ships, here are some clever solutions tackling the climate crisis.
Japan
What cities can learn from the cooling systems at the Tokyo Olympics
Athletes competing in Japan’s COVID-delayed Olympics faced stifling heat – but some innovative technologies were deployed to help out.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
Meet the world’s first zero-emission, hydrogen-powered aeroplane engine
Can technology pioneers usher in a cleaner, greener, future for the aviation sector?
Innovation
These researchers 3D-print bridges with dramatically less waste and CO2
ETH Zurich architects and engineers from the Block Research Group in collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects 3D-printed an arched footbridge with fewer CO2 emissions.
Innovation
This sponge could inspire advanced designs in buildings, bridges and aircraft
The remarkable structural properties of the Venus’ flower basket sponge could lead to advanced designs for buildings, bridges, vehicles, and aircraft.
Space
Want to be a space tourist? Here are 6 things to consider first
Before space trips become commercially available, there are important factors to consider, such as which environmental and safety laws need to be created.
Innovation
These are the 50 most innovative companies in the world
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) asked 1,600 global innovation professionals to rank the 50 most innovative companies in 2021 based on four ket metrics.
Advanced Materials
Wearing these clothes will stop mosquitoes from biting you
This was done through a computational model which shows the biting behavior of the 'Aedes aegypti'; a virus-carrying mosquito which causes human diseases.
Innovation
This train station roof has been designed to cope with Mexico's extreme weather
Aidia Studio created the lattice design for Tulum's extreme climate, including non-mechanical ventilation to cope with the town's very hot weather.