Engineering
Researchers at Aalto University are developing a way to convert biowaste into a new, sustainable sound-absorbing material. One of the intended outcomes for the research project is to create alternatives to mineral wool construction ...
Oct 27, 2022
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Business
South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics on Thursday said its third-quarter operating profits were down 31.39 percent year on year after a global economic downturn hit demand for consumer electronics.
Oct 27, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at the Green Fuel Center (GFC) on the Technical University of Munich (TUM) Straubing Campus are working on the production of renewable fuels. Prof. Jakob Burger talks about the advantages of these alternative ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Pumping up thermal water, separating lithium, and using it to produce batteries for electric mobility—the idea of lithium as an environmentally compatible and regionally available by-product of geothermal energy plants ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Engineering
A team of Johns Hopkins engineers has discovered a method to filter out a class of harmful industrial "forever chemicals" commonly found in the country's drinking water.
Oct 25, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
After nearly a century of geopolitical tension over access to oil, experts worry that the global transition to clean energy is creating new dependencies on the critical minerals needed for solar panels, wind turbines and ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Business
Across Silicon Valley and beyond, tech entrepreneurs are making big promises to disrupt our diets. Their aim is to tackle global hunger, climate change, and animal welfare issues by replacing meat with alternative proteins ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In some parts of South Africa's Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal provinces, sugarcane fields stretch as far as the eye can see. The crop is more than just a treat for those with a sweet tooth: in 2017 the country's sugar industry ...
Oct 19, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
After over a decade of delays, the deafening sound of Finland's new Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor finally running its turbine at full power was welcomed with joy—and relief.
Oct 13, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Have you ever been accused (or accused someone else) of wasting too much time by looking at a cellphone? Turns out, that time might not be wasted time at all.
Oct 12, 2022
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