Google DeepMind has applied its SynthID watermark to biology and says its first watermarked protein binders still bind. In wet-lab testing against three target proteins — VEGF-A, the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein RBD, and PD-L1 — the company says the watermarked designs "matched the hit rate, binding affinity, and natural sequence diversity of unwatermarked versions."
CleanTechnica reports that Africa has emerged as a hotspot for solar energy developers, particularly in the distributed resources sector, describing the trend as the continent's solar energy revolution.
German startup Revolta AG has secured European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) support to develop a plug-and-play sodium-ion home battery that households without solar panels could charge from the grid when power prices are low. The product remains in development.
BlueNewables has installed a 1 MW offshore floating solar demonstrator at the Port of Valencia, Spain, and has begun testing the system. The project consists of two 500 kW PV-bos platforms designed to assess performance, operation and maintenance requirements, and integration into port infrastructure under real-world conditions.
PV magazine reports that a PV-driven hydrogen plant has been commissioned in southern Italy. The roundup also mentions Oregon State University researchers demonstrating photocatalytic hydrogen production without a cocatalyst, Spain and Germany advancing hydrogen infrastructure and funding programs, Plug Power signing a 280 MW electrolyzer deal for a Danish e-fuels project, and Thyssenkrupp Nucera securing a chlor-alkali technology order in China.
The article explains how rainbows and other atmospheric phenomena might be observed on exoplanets. According to the report, a future NASA telescope could spot such phenomena on planets orbiting other stars.
High-risk MDS stem cells appear to have an unexpected "energy addiction," relying far more heavily than healthy blood-forming cells on a molecule called NAD; disrupting this energy pathway selectively weakened the cancer-driving cells, revealing a potential new target for treatment.
WIRED published a piece on in-cab surveillance in robotaxis, noting that self-driving cars from Waymo, Zoox, and Tesla are equipped with numerous cameras and sensors, some of which point at riders. The headline characterizes this as the cabs 'spying' on passengers.
Outgoing California Governor Gavin Newsom recently addressed approximately 1,200 bills, including several energy storage and solar related measures. He signed VPP and balcony solar bills while vetoing community solar legislation.
Neura Robotics is entering healthcare, bringing its physical AI and the cognitive robots built on it to healthcare and life sciences. The company describes the sector as strained by staff shortages and capacity limits that leave care teams too little time for patients, with the gap widening.
THG Fulfil, the fulfilment operating system from THG Ingenuity, announced an expanded distribution partnership with AutoStore. The agreement allows THG Fulfil to offer AutoStore systems through both traditional CapEx ownership and its existing Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, extending its distribution authorisation beyond RaaS.
Energy-Storage.news published another roundup of insights drawn from energy storage and electricity insiders' LinkedIn feeds, covering ERCOT economics, Google's hourly matching pilot, and the world's most dense BESS blocks. Specific details for each topic are not provided in the available context.
PV Magazine reports that Italian startup AMPS has developed a double-layer PV system prototype that dynamically manages two overlapping module surfaces to increase solar-energy capture without expanding the installation footprint. The company says initial field tests showed short-circuit-current-based gains of up to 27% over a comparable single-layer bifacial system, with utility-scale and agrivoltaic applications under development.
Renalfa IPP and Eurowind have inaugurated a large-scale hybrid renewable energy park in Bulgaria, bringing it into commercial operation. The project features 242MWp of solar PV and 773MWh of battery storage.
Fraunhofer ISE has released a freely accessible electricity price simulator. It allows users to analyse how additional battery storage would impact prices on Germany's day-ahead market.
Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has approved rules for the market integration of electricity storage systems and charging points (MiSpeL), allowing batteries to combine renewable and grid electricity while preserving support for eligible renewable power.
Varco Energy senior asset manager Elliot Squire discusses current and future trends in battery storage, saying technical availability is central to maximising returns from battery energy storage systems (BESS). The discussion focuses on UK asset management; no specific figures or results are provided in the item.
Canada's Northland Power has closed financing on two large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Poland. The headline indicates a combined 1.2GWh of capacity under capacity market (CM) contracts, though the supplied context confirms only the financing close.