Uppsala University

A new type of experimental proton battery is built with entirely organic components, making it much more environmentally friendly than most. On top of that, it can also be charged in a matter of minutes and can function at very low temperatures.

Throughout the densely-populated country of Bangladesh, a lack of access to clean drinking water is responsible for a variety of debilitating and often-lethal infections. Soon, however, residents could filter virtually all harmful microbes out of their water, using paper derived from algae.

The Koenigsegg Agera R which has been reworked for the 2013 model year, raising peak horsepower to 1140 bhp, giving it a top speed of 440 km/h (273 mph) which Koenigsegg will attempt to prove sometime soon.

Researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden, have found a way to turn a local environmental disaster into a clean energy source.