Electronics & Semiconductors
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a new, more environmentally friendly way to create conductive inks for use in organic electronics such as solar cells, artificial neurons, and soft sensors. The ...
Jan 22, 2024
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Engineering
When nature designed lignin—the fibrous, woody material that gives plants their rigid structure—it didn't cut any corners. Incredibly slow to break down, lignin is so sturdy and long lasting that it is resistant to bacteria ...
Jan 31, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Seattle Public Utilities has banned all batteries and some electronics from being disposed of in the garbage due to fire risk.
Feb 1, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Used lithium-ion batteries from cell phones, laptops and a growing number of electric vehicles are piling up, but options for recycling them remain limited primarily to burning or chemically dissolving shredded batteries. ...
Nov 30, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
University of Birmingham researchers have announced a new approach for recycling the highest value component of end-of-life electric car batteries, the battery cathode, that is less energy-intensive and uses less hazardous ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
By using a new method, precious metals can be efficiently recovered from thin-film solar cells. This is shown by new research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. The method is also more environmentally friendly ...
Apr 13, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Our current solar panels aren't very efficient; they are only able to convert up to about 20% of the sun's energy into electricity. As a result, to generate a lot of electricity, the panels require a lot of space—sometimes ...
Feb 18, 2023
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Internet
A plume of smoke hung over the Houston area for days in March 2019 after storage tanks containing hazardous chemicals ignited at a Deer Park facility.
Mar 23, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
When MIT announced in March that most research labs on campus would need to ramp down to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, Canan Dagdeviren's lab was ready.
May 14, 2020
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Engineering
West Virginia University researchers are resurrecting discarded electronics, recycling electronic waste and recovering minerals from it to make new products critical for national defense.
Sep 29, 2022
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