SAVING THE GRID
Virtual power plants may save the Grid. Networks of thousands of home-based batteries could mean a cleaner, more reliable electricity[…]
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WASTE SOLUTION
Most of the 1.4 billion tons of food thrown away each year worldwide goes to landfills. Rotting, it pollutes water[…]
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REDUCING OIL REFINERY EMISSIONS
States need to figure out how to clean up and decarbonize their existing oil refineries today and plan for a[…]
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ANOTHER KIND OF SOLAR CELL
Lightweight and flexible, crystalline silicon solar cells could power airships and drones, or be easily integrated into electric vehicles and[…]
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FANTASTIC FARM-TO-BUILDING ECO ARCHITECTURE
The atelier is the latest addition to Luma Arles, a contemporary art campus in southern France. In the former industrial[…]
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FABULOUS ROCK FLOUR
Rock “flour” produced by the grinding under Greenland’s glaciers can trap CO2 when spread on farm fields. Natural chemical reactions[…]
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USEFUL DISPOSABLE DIAPERS
Used disposable diapers are mostly landfilled or burned, but up to 8% of the volume of concrete and mortar to[…]
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FIXING THE FERTILIZER PROBLEM
Globally, fertilizers are responsible for more than 2.6 gigatons of carbon emissions annually, more than global shipping and aviation combined.[…]
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AGRIVOLTAICS ADVANTAGES
Agrivoltaics, where crops are grown underneath solar panels, could be very helpful with temperatures rising. Producing renewable energy on farmland[…]
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COLORFUL COOLING
A new material could someday keep buildings, cars and other structures cool without requiring external power. The plant-based film gets[…]
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