Outer Spaces OS1 Turns a Backyard Pavilion Into a Home Power Plant

Most home batteries hang on a garage wall or sit on a slab beside the house. A new California company wants to hide the battery under your backyard deck and put the solar panels on the roof of a pavilion instead of your house. Outer Spaces, based in El Segundo, announced on November 9, 2026 that it will show its OS1 system in person for the first time at RE+ 2026, held November 16 to 19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The company calls OS1 the world's first solar pavilion and battery de...
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Sugar Preserves Vaccines without Refrigeration

A sugar–glass cartridge can store vaccines without refrigeration. Scientists at Nova Bio-Pharma Technologies and the University of Oxford have developed a new way of preserving vaccines without refrigeration by sealing the vaccine's live viruses inside glass made of sugar. Currently, vaccines need to be stored in a fridge or freezer which means there is a need for electricity supply and refrigeration trucks for distribution as exposure to inappropriate temperatures can reduce the vaccine p...
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