Best ways to cut carbon emissions from the cement industry explored
A new Imperial report identifies alternative materials and carbon capture technologies as critical in decarbonising the cement industry.
May 21, 2021
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Internet
TikTok and geopolitics: How 'digital nationalism' threatens to entrench big tech
The massive digital platform market has until recently been dominated by a handful of US-based companies such as Facebook and Google. However, as foreign governments and competing platforms try to erode this domination, platforms ...
May 21, 2021
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Engineering
Slaves to speed, we'd all benefit from 'slow cities'
Slowing transport in cities provides immense benefits for the health of people, economies and the planet, so why are we still obsessed with speed?
May 21, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Rare earth supply disruptions have long-range impacts, computer model shows
Rare earth materials are essential to a variety of industries. A new study from Argonne explores the effects of supply disruptions such as mine shutdowns.
May 21, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Polish firm opens cutting-edge solar energy plant
A Polish company on Friday launched the world's first industrial production line of solar panels based on groundbreaking perovskite technology, which could revolutionise access to solar power.
May 21, 2021
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Microsoft announces retirement of Internet Explorer
Microsoft said it is retiring Internet Explorer, the browser it created more than 25 years and which is now largely abandoned as people instead use competitors like Google's Chrome or Apple's Safari.
May 21, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Korean firm to invest $10M, hire 285, to make battery parts
A Korean auto supplier will invest $10 million and hire 285 people northeast of Atlanta to make parts that will accompany electric vehicle batteries that SK Innovation will produce nearby.
May 21, 2021
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Business
Tax changes would boost IRS monitoring of cryptocurrency use
The Biden administration is taking steps to ensure Americans who pay for goods or services with cryptocurrencies don't sidestep the tax man.
May 21, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Powerful US nuclear test reactor getting rare major overhaul
Scientists in Idaho this summer plan to remove the 62,000-pound (28,100-kilogram) stainless steel lid on one of the world's most powerful nuclear test reactors for a rare internal overhaul.
May 21, 2021
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