3D printing promises to transform architecture forever—and create forms that blow today's buildings out of the water
In architecture, new materials rarely emerge.
Mar 31, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Solar industry feeling the heat over disposal of 80 million panels
The renewable energy sector is facing a quandary: how Australia will dispose of 80 million solar panels in an environmentally friendly way when they reach the end of their life.
Mar 21, 2023
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Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now
At Fremantle Prison in the 1850s, when metal was scarce, the prison gate and handrails were made from iron recovered from sunken ships. As I toured the prison recently, I reflected on how similar the situation was when COVID-19 ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Scientists unveil least costly carbon capture system to date
The need for technology that can capture, remove and repurpose carbon dioxide grows stronger with every CO2 molecule that reaches Earth's atmosphere. To meet that need, scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Auto industry races into metaverse at CES
Allowing the driver of an autonomous vehicle to watch a movie, a dealer to sell automobiles from a "virtual" car lot, or an engineer to simulate how a new part fits: the auto industry is getting a tantalizing taste of the ...
Jan 8, 2023
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Analysis highlights strategies beyond recycling to bolster circular economy for solar and battery technologies
In a new comprehensive literature review, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered that alternatives to recycling may have untapped potential to build an effective ...
Jun 28, 2022
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Closed-loop additive manufacturing fueled by upcycled plastic
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed an upcycling approach that adds value to discarded plastics for reuse in additive manufacturing, or 3D printing. The readily adoptable, ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Algae-powered computing: Scientists create reliable and renewable biological photovoltaic cell
Researchers have used a widespread species of blue-green algae to power a microprocessor continuously for a year—and counting—using nothing but ambient light and water. Their system has potential as a reliable and renewable ...
May 12, 2022
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Impact of China's National Sword policy on the US landfill and plastics recycling industry
University at Buffalo researchers have published a study quantifying how a series of regulations limiting the import of plastic waste to China has affected recycling in the United States.
Mar 30, 2022
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Mining garbage and the circular economy
Over the last century, we have mined more and more raw materials, and manufactured products from those materials. Increased prices for mined raw materials and improved recycling technology have enabled some industries to ...
Mar 29, 2022
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