Engineering
An international research group is building a case for more sustainable concrete by replacing synthetic reinforcement materials with natural fibers and materials from difference waste streams.
Oct 7, 2022
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Software
Software designers developing IT systems for streaming, shopping and online banking could use the first formula that factors in CO2 emissions at the drawing board.
Oct 7, 2022
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Business
Taken as a share of the market price, the environmental costs of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin are more comparable to the climate damages of producing beef than gold mining costs, according to analysis published ...
Sep 29, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Seeing is believing—or, rather, seeing can aid in understanding, especially when it comes to the mechanisms underpinning lithium-ion batteries. Despite near-ubiquitous use in cell phones, computers and more, the complex ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Engineering
Researchers have considered how flooding from rising sea levels and storm surges will damage the built environment along the coast, but what about climate change's less noticeable impacts below the surface?
Sep 16, 2022
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Business
A League One football club is having a local and global impact on sustainability, research from Cardiff University concludes.
Aug 26, 2022
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Business
The environmental impact of blockchain technologies like Bitcoin and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. Now, researchers from Qatar University have analyzed policy tools and interventions ...
Aug 25, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A water-activated disposable paper battery is presented in a proof-of-principle study in Scientific Reports. The authors suggest that it could be used to power a wide range of low-power, single-use disposable electronics—such ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Engineering
Inside a lab in the Calit2 building, Aleksandra Strzelecka opens a drawer, pulls out a small square sheet and hands it to a visitor. The brownish, rubbery material stretches to more than double its original size.
Jun 27, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
One million gallons of radioactive water is inside a former nuclear power plant along Cape Cod Bay and it has got to go.
Apr 9, 2022
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