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Carbon-negative construction: New method turns CO₂ into strong, fire-resistant building materials

A new method inspired by coral reefs can capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transform it into durable, fire-resistant building materials, offering a promising solution for carbon-negative construction.

Electronics & Semiconductors

Using perovskite to make LED pixels as small as a virus

A team of physicists, engineers, opticians and photonics specialists at Zhejiang University, in China, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of Cambridge, in the U.K., has found a way to make pixels smaller ...

Energy & Green Tech

Solar-powered reactor shows potential for creating jet fuel with net-zero carbon emissions

Increasing energy demands and problems associated with burning fossil fuels have heightened interest in more sustainable energy sources, such as sunlight. But there are still areas where carbon-based fuel remains the standard, ...

Engineering

New sensor could help prevent lithium-ion battery fires and explosions

Researchers have developed new technology to detect dangerous gas leaks in lithium-ion batteries

Electronics & Semiconductors

Novel memristors to overcome AI's 'catastrophic forgetting'

So-called "memristors" consume extremely little power and behave similarly to brain cells. Researchers from Jülich, led by Ilia Valov, have now introduced novel memristive components that offer significant advantages over ...