Rs 250 investment, Rs 90 lakh annual revenue. How Kerala woman turned mushroom farming on her balcony into a thriving businessWith Rs 250 as an investment, a Kerala couple, Shije and Thankachan started mushroom farming in their home balcony. Initially, they faced h...
20 Oct, 2026, 10.29 AM IST
In 1995, New York turned discarded milk jugs and detergent bottles into a pier deck; 2 years later, the recycled plastic had held its key engineering propertiesThe 1990s marked the beginning of an intriguing investigation into recycled plastic lumber as a robust replacement for timber. Crafted chie...
19 Oct, 2026, 03.50 PM IST
China's AI data centre boom faces Return-on-Investment test as financing costs rise: Goldman SachsGoldman Sachs examined three business models in China's data centre sector: traditional powered-shell facilities, integrated AI data centre...
19 Oct, 2026, 12.43 PM IST
AdaniConneX's Vizag data centres to use air cooling, cut freshwater consumptionThe facilities will have dedicated industrial water connections rather than draw supplies from municipal lines, a move aimed at preventing ...
19 Oct, 2026, 10.35 AM IST
Scientists find gene that makes some snails’ shells coil left; the same species that twist their genitals to mateResearchers at the University of Nottingham have made groundbreaking discoveries regarding Euhadra snails and their shell coiling. Their st...
17 Oct, 2026, 10.51 AM IST
Can old wind turbine blades become power poles? Researchers found one major problemResearchers tested a 5.5-meter section of a retired wind turbine blade as a prototype power pole, exploring a potential new use for composi...
16 Oct, 2026, 11.57 PM IST
Kumar Mangalam Birla plans $30 billion push undeterred by crisesKumar Mangalam Birla announced plans to invest $30 billion over the next two to three years. This investment will target businesses both in...
14 Oct, 2026, 07.21 PM IST
In 1986, Illinois rebuilt 4.14 miles of I-57 using recycled concrete; 20 years later, load transfer efficiency across transverse cracks still averaged over 90%In the 1980s, the Illinois Department of Transportation pioneered a project that involved recycling roadway concrete into new pavement. Aft...
14 Oct, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
Sarawak uses nearly 400 kg of plastic waste to build its first green asphalt roadSarawak has built a 100-metre green asphalt road at the CENTEXS Lawas campus using nearly 400 kg of plastic waste collected across Malaysia...
14 Oct, 2026, 01.39 AM IST
NOAA and NWS issue US weather outlooks for October and winter: Which US states are forecast to see the heaviest snow this winterMaryland may experience an atypical winter influenced by the El Niño weather pattern and its effects. Forecasters predict warmer temperatur...
14 Oct, 2026, 12.14 AM IST
Who is Graham Platner? The Marine veteran who traded overseas deployments for oyster farming before a Maine Senate run in the US midterm electionsGraham Platner, an ex-U.S. Marine and oyster farmer from Sullivan, Maine, is running as a Democrat in the 2026 U.S. Senate race against Rep...
13 Oct, 2026, 08.27 PM IST
In 2006, Maryland couple bought a 116-acre farm. 20 years later, it's home to otters, beavers and dozens of bird speciesMaryland couple Louise and John Durocher originally purchased a vast 116-acre farm for hunting. With time, they stopped farming the land, a...
12 Oct, 2026, 11.26 AM IST
Meet Ryan Hickman, who visited a recycling centre with his father at age 3 in 2012, a decade later he had recycled over 1.7 million bottles and cansRyan founded Ryan's Recycling Company to collect recyclable materials from households and other sources. His family helped with the work, i...
10 Oct, 2026, 11.07 PM IST
North Carolina removed 4 to 7 tons of abandoned crab pots from coastal waters; fishermen recycled the metal into 700 feet of new oyster-reef structureAbandoned fishing traps contribute significantly to the deaths of marine life, notably in Chesapeake Bay. A North Carolina initiative creat...
30 Sep, 2026, 01.20 PM IST
In 2004, Virginia turned dredged fossil shells into 85 acres of oyster reef in one river; later monitoring counted 76.2 million live oysters on the restored reefsIn 2004, an 85-acre reef network was built in the Great Wicomico River using dredged fossil oyster shells. Monitoring revealed that this re...
29 Sep, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
Alabama dumped 16,000,000 used oyster shells from restaurants into the sea. What happened next surprised researchers in development of new coastal lines, marine life, and cleaner waterOyster shells are being repurposed along the Gulf Coast to restore essential marine ecosystems. By forming a strong foundation for new oyst...
18 Sep, 2026, 04.53 PM IST
In 2019, New York restaurants turned discarded oyster shells into a unusual plan to rebuild the city’s historic reefsIn 2019, New York restaurants were taking part in an unusual environmental effort: recycling discarded oyster shells for use in rebuilding ...
17 Sep, 2026, 10.32 PM IST