CREATING ZER0-EMISSION CONCRETE
Linking the recycling of two carbon-intensive materials—cement and steel—could dramatically cut the climate impact of both, yielding a billion metric[…]
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INNOVATIVE MATERIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDING
A new polymer-based material allows sunlight to enter, maintains a more comfortable indoor climate without additional energy, and cleans itself[…]
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REVOLUTIONIZING BATTERY CHARGING
Store.Dot’s silicon-dominant battery has been repeatedly charged from 10% to 80% in 10 minutes, holding 80% of its capacity. It[…]
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BLESSED BLUE-GREEN ALGAE
The discovery of how a critical enzyme works sheds new light on how cells control key processes in carbon fixation,[…]
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ELEVATING THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS
Thermoelectric materials could play an important role in the clean energy transition, producing electricity from sources of heat otherwise going[…]
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USEFUL COFFEE GROUNDS
Agricultural runoff from vegetable and grain farming is one of the largest sources of water pollution. The millions of tons[…]
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BARLEY BENEFITS
Spent barley, amounting to 36.4 million tons of landfill waste a year, could provide an alternative to meat protein. Brewing[…]
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ELIMINATING ELECTRONIC WASTE
Electronic waste is the world’s fastest growing waste problem. Instead of burning it to recover gold and copper, a new[…]
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MANIPULATING METHANE
Global landfill emissions are estimated at 10-20 million tons of greenhouse gases per year, comparable to the global energy sector[…]
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SOLAR POWER BEAMED TO EARTH
Solar panels on a satellite have converted the sun’s photons into DC electricity, which the RF integrated circuit (RFIC) then[…]
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