This week we cover re-directed microrobots, sustainable cryptocurrency, and positive private equity. Plus, beer offers us renewable energy, and biotechnology gets creative.

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Designing the future

Something beautiful is sure to be born when art and science come together. Around the world, labs and studios are experimenting with biotechnology to create sustainable design practices that could potentially revolutionise the textile and consumer goods industries. Get a peek into a new realm of innovation with this short TED Talk.

Get creative

Crypto goes eco

A strong year for cryptocurrency has been powered by a huge amount of energy. Now, Ethereum has announced plans to adapt its model with the aim of reducing its carbon footprint, potentially prompting a shift throughout the industry.

Go green

Just keep swimming

It’s hard to forge your own path when you’re a microrobot. Scientists have found that these miniscule man-made ‘swimmers’ are easily knocked off course by particles in fluids. So, they’re combining AI and lasers to nudge them back in the right direction.

Lead the way

Keeping things private

The past twelve months have posed some real challenges for SMEs. In this article for Business Leader, Bill Nixon, Managing Partner of private equity firm and Sapience client Maven Capital Partners, discusses how PE can support growth companies and facilitate a more sustainable economy.

Show me the money

And finally…Cheers to that

If pubs can’t quite open just yet, at least their stock can be put to good use. By converting beer into biogas, the team at Heineken are transforming their surplus beverages into renewable energy, preventing millions of pints from going to waste.

Discover planet-saving pubs

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