Consumer & Gadgets
The statistics surrounding mobile phones are staggering. There are more than 7 billion mobile phone users worldwide, nearly 5 billion of whom use a smartphone.
Oct 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
At his farm in Syria's northeast, Abdullah al-Mohammed adjusts a large solar panel, one of hundreds that have cropped up over the years as farmers seek to stave off electricity shortages in the war-ravaged region.
Oct 4, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Transport is at a crossroads as we move away from filling our tanks with liquid fossil fuels and powering them up from battery charging points. However, the lithium-ion batteries that displaced those tanks have a finite lifespan ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Household solar products are improving the quality of life for people living in developing nations. However, many off-grid solar products function for less than four years. When they fall into disrepair, they become part ...
Sep 21, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
First it was the MacBook in 2015. Then it was the iPad in 2018. Now, in 2023, the iPhone has finally caught up and has ditched Apple's proprietary Lightning port for USB-C.
Sep 15, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC) and Carnegie Mellon University have developed a water-based conductive ink tailored for producing flexible electronic circuits.
Sep 6, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Gisele Azimi is bringing battery recycling to a new level, using captured carbon dioxide to harvest the precious metals used for green technologies. Azimi, a University of Toronto professor and the Canada Research Chair for ...
Jul 6, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Despite the increasing popularity of mobile phones, their end-of-life disposal remains a major environmental challenge.
May 9, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Consumers told that not recycling their batteries "risked polluting the equivalent of 140 Olympic swimming pools every year" were more likely to participate in an electronic waste recycling scheme, a new study has found.
Dec 20, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
By 2033, more than 1 billion laptops, cellphones, and other electronic devices could be entering the U.S. waste stream each year.
Dec 1, 2022
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