A better way to pump concrete!Chabriat has developed and tested a ground-breaking new hose design which can convey ready-mix concrete with greatly reduced friction. This is the fundamental innovation upon which a revolutionary new concrete conveyance cycle can be built which requires vastly reduced machinery bulk and brings about major manual handing improvements from reduced onsite lifting demands.See https://www.amgc.org.au/all-projects/

British start-up Storegga is developing one of the world’s first projects to hoover carbon dioxide directly from the air, before pumping it out to sea and burying it forever.Storegga’s plan starts with its Acorn project at St Fergus, which will offer traditional carbon capture and storage for big industrial players plus a hydrogen generation plant. But the novelty value comes from so-called “direct air capture” (DAC) of carbon dioxide.Companies in sectors such as aviation and agriculture will be able to offset their unavoidable carbon emissions by paying to remove an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide from the air.http://www.afr.com/business/energy/macquarie-backs-british-plan-to-hoover-carbon-from-the-air-20210330-p5

The KNMI Climate Explorer is a tool to investigate the climate. The Climate Explorer won the EMS Technology Award 2021.The KNMI Climate Explorer is a web-based application providing easy access to climate data. The application offers data from regularly updated observations, reanalyses and climate model experiments along with data manipulation and analysis tools.ABOUT > https://www.emetsoc.org/ems-technology-award-2021-for-geert-jan-van-oldenborgh/VISIT > https://climexp.knmi.nl/start.cgi?id=someone@somewhere

"Ireland is one of the leading Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) locations in the world. It offers the ideal commercial, political and social environment for companies to carry out successful and profitable RDI activities. This has attracted global leaders in key high-tech industries to undertake RDI projects in areas such as Pharmaceuticals, Bio Technology, Medical Devices, ICT and Financial Services."MORE > https://www.idaireland.com/doing-business-here/activities/research-development-and-innovation

An Australian farmer's invention, which destroys weed seeds during harvest, has the potential to reduce the need for herbicides in

Vertical farms allow cultivation at latitudes incompatible with certain crops such as the desert or arctic.  Vertical systems allow farmers to extend the latitude range on which crops can be grown on the planet, from the deserts of Dubai to the 4-hour winter days of Iceland. If you were to  grow crops on Mars you would need to use this kind of technology because there is no soil.