Can pee help feed the world?
"Go pee on the rhubarb!"
May 2, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
News tagged with environmental changes
Robotics
Self-driving microrobots
Most synthetic materials, including those in battery electrodes, polymer membranes, and catalysts, degrade over time because they don't have internal repair mechanisms. If you could distribute autonomous microrobots within ...
Dec 10, 2019
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Electronics & Semiconductors
How to make electronic noses smell better
Imagine if you could ask a machine to "smell" something for you with just a click of a button. That's what electronic noses, or e-noses, are for. They are systems that combine chemical gas sensors, signal processing and machine ...
Apr 7, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Easing pain at the pump with food waste: New method for making biodiesel fuel
With gas prices soaring and food costs pinching family budgets, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at WPI is looking at ways to use food waste to make a renewable and more affordable fuel replacement for oil-based diesel. ...
Sep 2, 2022
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Engineering
Saudi Arabia is building a 170 km-long mirrored metropolis in the desert: What is 'The Line'?
As climate change rapidly advances, many Middle Eastern states are aiming to make the transition from carbon-based economies to alternatives that attract people from around the world—for tourism, business, work or to live.
Sep 14, 2022
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Business
Motivation behind energy-efficient upgrades differs by location
With several billion dollars available from the Inflation Reduction Act for upgrades to increase energy efficiency of the home, now is the time for consumers to take advantage of federal government subsidies that will help ...
Dec 29, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Green energy is great for fighting climate change, but not using it is even better
As head of Bridging the Gap, a nonprofit working on climate change and other environmental problems in Kansas City, Missouri, Kristin Riott has a lot on her plate.
Jul 11, 2022
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Robotics
Can robotics help us achieve sustainable development?
An international team of scientists, led by the University of Leeds, have assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the delivery of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Jun 22, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Study: AI writing, illustration emits hundreds of times less carbon than humans
With the evolution of artificial intelligence comes a discussion of the technology's environmental impact. A study has found that for the tasks of writing and illustrating, AI emits hundreds of times less carbon than humans ...
Apr 2, 2024
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Business
Cryptocurrency must be made less energy intensive to protect the planet
Cryptocurrency mining must be less energy intensive to limit the impact on the climate, according to a new report from the Imperial College London Business School.
Sep 5, 2022
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