TOP 10 INNOVATION UPDATES

California and Arizona turned old tyres into reefs and found 20 times more fish

Meet Prakhar Purohit, who found a way to make tiny batteries from dirty water

13-year-old turned his grandmother’s fall into a $25,000 invention

Centuries-old plaque on eight people’s teeth preserved a surprisingly detailed menu of what they ate in Osaka

A floating wind turbine off Spain became an underwater farm for four species

How 3,000 giant tortoises are rebuilding Española after near extinction

Northern spotted owl once became a symbol of America’s logging wars; now scientists say it is already functionally extinct

Chicago physicist’s 20-year-old quantum imaging theory gets experimental proof using superconductors

NASA tests GPS-free navigation using other satellites and space debris as landmarks

How a diamond hit at hypersonic speed can turn into graphite in microseconds

Three forgotten kings may change the accepted timeline of ancient Assyria

Scientists spent 100 years discovering animals, reshaping where we see Earth’s biodiversity hotspots

The Dead Sea has been building a salt floor for years; scientists reveal how it happens

Scientists turn wood waste into foam that replaces plastic and decomposes in soil within months

After 45 months of observation, capuchins increasingly hunted small animals when fruit became scarce

In 2022, MIT researchers built a 4-inch cooler that kept food fresh without electricity

MIT scientists watched electrons rebuild in a quantum material like ice crystals

Yale researchers find a new way to make PFAS easier to remove and destroy

In 2002, a NASA intern stole Moon rocks for love then his online deal became a trap