Lightweight, sturdy, and non-corrosive: fiber-reinforced thermoplastics are an ideal material for making boats and cars, and for aerospace engineering.

Zimbabwean Muchadeyi Masunda has a water problem: none comes to his house.

In just two months, tyre giant Goodyear South Africa saved 5.6mn litres of water – the amount 180 houses would use in a month – through an intensive, ongoing recycling initiative.

A team of researchers from Stanford University has installed solar-powered pumps in two villages in Benin, and analysed their impact on the delivery of groundwater to the surface.

Innova produces a wide range of desalinators for production of sweet water from sea water.