The Iran War: A Reminder Why Electric Vehicles Protect Consumers

The Iran conflict highlights America’s risky oil dependence. Electric vehicles offer a solution, shielding drivers from price spikes and securing US energy independence.

Tesla’s Best Growth Story Isn’t Robotaxis—It’s Batteries

Tesla’s robotaxi and humanoid-robot promises remain unproven businesses. Its energy division isn’t. And therein lies the company’s next bright idea.

Uber’s Next Robotaxi Deal: Amazon’s Zoox

Zoox’s boxy electric shuttles will be bookable in Las Vegas this summer; Los Angeles is penciled in for 2027.

Swiss VC Emerald Technology Ventures hits €100M milestone for its Global Water Fund II
Swiss VC Emerald Technology Ventures hits €100M milestone for its Global Water Fund II

Temasek and the Grundfos Foundation have joined the fund as it passes its latest target, part of a broader push to channel institutional capital into water technology innovation. Water scarcity is not a future problem. It is a present one, already cons…

Iran: War, Dust And The Toxic Afterlife Of Bombing

Modern warfare is usually studied through politics and strategy, but its impact on atmospheric dust is often overlooked.

Energy Is Becoming Real Estate’s Strategic Asset

Solar, rising electricity demand and new business models are turning rooftops into revenue, making energy a strategic asset for commercial and residential real estate.

Swiss startup Seprify raises €13.4M to replace titanium dioxide with cellulose
Swiss startup Seprify raises €13.4M to replace titanium dioxide with cellulose

Swiss startup Seprify has raised €13.4 million to scale a cellulose-based alternative to one of the most widely used, and increasingly banned, industrial whiteners on the planet. IKEA is backing it. Somewhere in Southeast Asia, a small beetle called Cy…

Inter IKEA Group backs Seprify’s €13.4M Series A to scale cellulose materials platform

Swiss bio-materials company Seprify today announced that it has raised €13.4 million in Series A funding to scale their cellulose-based alternative to titanium dioxide used across cosmetics, food and …

Could Paper Alternatives Help Solve The Plastic Packaging Problem?

A report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claims paper-based products could provide an alternative to flexible plastic packaging.

How Would The Iran Crisis Unfold In An Electrified World?

As economies electrify, the way geopolitical crises affect energy markets and the global economy could change dramatically.