HELPFUL – Page 8 – Our Fragile Earth

CONVERT INDOOR LIGHTING INTO ELECTRIC POWER

Perovskite solar cells, a high-energy, low-cost alternative to silicon solar cells, can work indoors, charged by using fluorescent lights and[…]

A new low-cost material could be pivotal in making the next generation of high-power electronics faster, transparent, and more efficient.[…]

People tend to prefer a small chance to win a large reward over a guaranteed small reward. In an experiment[…]

A shipboard system could remove up to 50% of carbon dioxide emitted from shipping vessels. As ships move through seawater,[…]

Some fig trees species can store calcium carbonate inside their trunks, essentially turning parts of themselves into stone. They also[…]

A cleaner, greener way extracts gold from mounting piles of e-waste in addition to ore. Using a compound found in[…]

3D-printed “pineapple” with cyanobacteria growing inside after a development period of 60 days A living, growing 3D printable material consists[…]

Clays could be an inexpensive, accessible, and abundant resource for absorbing carbon dioxide from the air. Clay minerals have an[…]

12 million hectares of U.S. land–about the size of New York state–are currently used to grow corn for ethanol. Converting[…]

Suitable materials are available globally to make clean concrete and many could be incorporated into concrete mixes just by grinding[…]