FABULOUS FUNGAL BATTERY
A new living 3D-printed fungal battery could supply power to sensors for agriculture or research in remote regions. Once the[…]
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONSTRUCTION
Construction materials like concrete and plastic could lock away billions of tons of carbon dioxide. While bio-based plastics could take[…]
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GATHERING GOLD
A new method extracts gold from electronics waste, then uses the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon[…]
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SUPERIOR SOLAR PANELS
One way to increase solar cell efficiency is to change their chemical makeup. Current cells use silicon, a long-lasting inorganic[…]
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PROMISING NEW MATERIAL
A new material for high density data storage can be erased and recycled in a more efficient and sustainable way,[…]
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SOLAR PANEL ANGLES
Currently solar panels are vulnerable to high-wind events, with possible structural collapse and failures. Tracking mounts that rotate the panels[…]
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VASTLY IMPROVED CARBON CAPTURE
New molecules have been synthesized to quickly capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the air. Focus was on titanium[…]
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CLAY DUST FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION
Spraying clay dust on the ocean’s surface could convert carbon into food for trillions of zooplankton (microscopic sea creatures) to[…]
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GLACIAL GEOENGINEERING
Breach of the Thwaites Glacier would allow warmer ocean waters to melt the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and raise sea[…]
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