Energy & Green Tech
Plastic waste is an increasing problem the world over, with food packaging and single-use items such as plastic knives and forks representing a significant component of the waste stream. There have been efforts to replace ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Engineering
Forget that expiration date on your salmon or yogurt. A graduate student at SMU (Southern Methodist University) has developed a miniature pH sensor that can tell when food has spoiled in real time.
Mar 16, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Drone maker Zipline on Wednesday introduced a new model that works with a small robot to deliver packages with precision in dense cities, even on windy days.
Mar 15, 2023
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Software
In a study published in Nature Communication, a team led by Prof. Bi Guoqiang from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Does the design of food packaging play a role in consumers' waste sorting behavior? Yes, that's what has been shown in a new doctoral thesis, recently presented at the University of Borås, Sweden. What is unique is that ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Microelectronics play an important role in the devices we use every day like LED string lights, smartphones, and safety-critical applications such as cars or airplanes. Contact of these small electric components with corrosive ...
Jun 9, 2022
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Business
As the demand for home deliveries from online purchases continues to increase, problems like traffic congestion, parking violations, and air pollution from the delivery trucks also grow, particularly in dense, congested, ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Software
In supermarkets you can find a large variety of poultry products, all conveniently packaged in fixed-weight quantities. However, poultry processing plants face numerous challenges due to these fixed-weight batches, growing ...
Mar 31, 2021
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Computer Sciences
Light-induced processes are critical in transformative technologies such as solar energy harvesting, as well as in photomedicine and photoresponsive materials. Theoretical studies of the dynamics of photoinduced processes ...
Dec 1, 2020
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Business
It's no secret that kids—and cats—like to play with cardboard boxes, sometimes more than with what's inside.
Jul 23, 2020
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