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Snapshot: Innovations What are the latest innovations that could have an impact on your future – and your investment decisions?
US, CALIFORNIA
Solar panels go 24/7 Researchers at Stanford University have constructed a photovoltaic cell that captures energy at night as well as during the day. Once the sun goes down, the cell harvests energy from the warmth of the earth. These cells are affordable and could, in principle, be used almost anywhere.
UK
MOROCCO
Covid research technology could help cure heart attacks
Algae could capture huge amounts of carbon
The RNA technology that is behind the Covid vaccines could potentially cure heart attacks, according to researchers from King’s College London. Using virus vectors similar to those in the vaccines, they have delivered RNA to damaged pig hearts, and this has sparked the growth of new cardiac muscle cells.
Directly capturing carbon from the air would help us slow climate change, and one London start-up thinks it has a simple solution. Brilliant Planet has created algal blooms in its Moroccan facility that it believes show this could be an affordable, scalable way to capture and sequester up to two gigatons of carbon each year.
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NETHERLANDS
World’s first superconductor could make computers 400 times faster The first-ever, one-way superconductor has been demonstrated by a team of researchers from Delft University of Technology. This has the potential to make computers up to 400 times faster, while also reducing energy losses.
