HELPFUL – Page 27 – Our Fragile Earth

PLASTICS’ SUGAR SOLUTION

February 4, 2022 Gail McCormick HELPFUL, INNOVATION

Starting with sugars, sustainable plastics have been made that perform as well, or even better, than commonly available plastics, are[…]

BETTER EV BATTERIES

January 31, 2022 Gail McCormick HELPFUL, INNOVATION

Photo: a rubber tree Electric vehicles (EVs) need cost-effective, safer, longer-lasting batteries that won’t explode during use or harm the[…]

CUTTING SOLAR COSTS

January 28, 2022 Gail McCormick HELPFUL, INNOVATION

Conn Center researchers at the University of Louisville have created the CuBert™ paste which replaces expensive silver with affordable and[…]

EXTINCTION REBELLION ACTION

January 26, 2022 Gail McCormick BUMMER, HELPFUL

Last November, in a landslide referendum, Bostonians vehemently cast (non-binding) votes against placing Eversource’s substation in East Boston neighborhoods. They[…]

FRUITFUL USE OF FUNGUS

January 23, 2022 Gail McCormick HELPFUL, INNOVATION

There’s a new way to produce the critical proteins in egg whites—essential in myriad food and pharmaceutical products. A common[…]

SOLIDIFYING SOLAR CELLS

January 20, 2022 Gail McCormick HELPFUL, INNOVATION

A perovskite solar cell (a crystal structure designed to harvest higher energy photons) has been layered on top of a[…]

MARINE MICROALGAE MERIT

January 13, 2022 Gail McCormick HELPFUL

Marine microalgae-based cellular agriculture is a promising new way to sustainably produce plant-based ‘meat’ and healthy ‘superfoods’. These single-cell photosynthetic[…]