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These EV chargers can plug in anywhere—and double as renewable energy storage

ElectricFish EV chargers use batteries that harness excess renewable energy, whenever it’s available, so they can act as backup power when the sun goes down or the grid fails.

Newly-approved eyedrops could replace reading glasses for millions of middle-aged people

According to Phase 3 clinical studies, a “statistically significant proportion of participants” with presbyopia using Vuity saw increased ability to read smaller print.

Cities need electric vehicles—and also walkable neighborhoods, more transit, and redesigned streets

Transportation is one of the largest and fastest-growing sources of emissions in cities. Shifting to EVs is vital to reversing that—but not at all sufficient.

Montana to invest Volkswagen funds to grow ‘electric fueling’ stations in partnership with Northwestern Energy and Town Pump

“Proximity and availability of electric vehicle charging stations is a critical connection for visitors to small communities, and for the support of restaurants and small businesses in key Montana tourism corridors,” said Scott Osterman, the director of the Montana Department of Commerce. “This network of charging stations opens up the opportunity for more exploration of the state, supporting local economies.”

This Startup’s Futuristic Idea to Fight Climate Change? Make Meat From Thin Air

Air Protein’s scientists are leveraging decades old NASA technology to pull molecules out of the atmosphere and whip up a burger for you–the first carbon-negative protein source on the planet.

Pandemic relief will help build affordable housing on reservations

A federal program aimed at funding affordable housing on tribal reservations hasn’t kept up with inflation since it was established in 1996.

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Grants will fund electric vehicle charging stations across Montana

The grants were awarded to four businesses and will fund construction of charging stations along key travel corridors and near entrances to both Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks.

A New ‘Sight-Restoring’ Bionic Eye Took One Step Closer to Human Trials

To help people ‘regain a useful sense of vision’.

New nanochip reprograms cells in the body to perform different functions

A team of researchers led by Chandan Sen at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is moving a new nanochip device, which can reprogram skin cells in the body to become new blood vessels and nerve cells, out of the prototype phase.

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