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July 16^th 2025

⚡️ Energy

🇨🇳 Chinese firm opens world’s largest AI-powered green hydrogen and ammonia plant for global exports

Chinese company Envision Energy has launched the world’s largest green hydrogen and ammonia plant in Chifeng, powered entirely by off-grid wind and solar energy. The AI-enabled facility produces 320,000 tons of green ammonia annually in its first phase, with plans to scale to 1.5 million tons by 2028. As the first industrial-scale project of its kind, it sets a new global benchmark for clean energy manufacturing and green fuel exports.

🚘 Transport

🇨🇳 Chinese engineers unveil self-balancing electric scooter prototype with autonomous parking and riding assist features

China’s Omoway has introduced the Omo X, a futuristic electric scooter that uses self-balancing tech, remote summon, adaptive cruise control, and collision warning to enhance rider safety and convenience. Designed by a team of ex-Xpeng engineers, the scooter can autonomously park, reverse from tight spots, and support customizable riding modes. With a bold cyberpunk design and smart features rarely seen in two-wheelers, the Omo X could redefine personal urban mobility.

🦾 Robotics

🇩🇪 🇰🇷 German and South Korean humanoid robots to automate high-risk welding at shipyards

German firm Neura Robotics and South Korea's HD Hyundai Robotics and HD Hyundai Samho are testing humanoid robots for welding and assembly in shipbuilding, aiming to improve safety and reduce reliance on human labor in hazardous tasks. The cognitive robot, 4NE1, will be evaluated in real-world shipyard conditions for its ability to handle complex, high-risk work. This initiative, announced at the Automatica trade fair, marks a major step in industrial automation as the shipbuilding industry faces a skilled labor shortage.

💉 Biotechnology

🇨🇦 Canadian scientists 3D-print living lung tissue to accelerate disease research and treatment testing

Researchers at UBC Okanagan have developed a highly realistic 3D-printed lung tissue model that mimics both the structure and function of human lungs. Created using a custom bioink, the tissue includes airway-like channels and responds to environmental stressors such as cigarette smoke, showing biological reactions like inflammation. Published in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, this innovation could revolutionize research into diseases like COPD and lung cancer by enabling scalable, customizable, and patient-specific models for testing therapies.

💊 Healthcare

🇺🇸 US researchers create ingestible smart capsule to track gut health in real time

Scientists at Caltech have developed PillTrek, a wireless capsule packed with sensors that can monitor gut biomarkers like pH, glucose, and serotonin as it moves through the gastrointestinal tract. The ingestible device offers a noninvasive, real-time alternative to traditional diagnostic tools like endoscopy, potentially improving how chronic conditions and inflammation are tracked. Published in Nature Electronics, this breakthrough could transform at-home gut health monitoring through mobile app integration and customizable sensor configurations.

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