Engineering
With the addition of computers, laser cutters have rapidly become a relatively simple and powerful tool, with software controlling shiny machinery that can chop metals, woods, papers, and plastics. While this curious amalgam ...
Aug 20, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
At the end of a given day, restaurants, markets and other food stores often have leftover food that is still perfectly good, but can no longer be sold the next day. That food often gets thrown away, contributing to increasing ...
Aug 11, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Shells of tamarind, a tropical fruit consumed worldwide, are discarded during food production. As they are bulky, tamarind shells take up a considerable amount of space in landfills where they are disposed as agricultural ...
Jul 14, 2021
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Engineering
NIMS has succeeded in enhancing the thermoelectric performance of an n-type Mg3Sb2-based material by minutely doping with copper. NIMS and AIST then constructed a module by combining this material with a high-performance ...
Jun 07, 2021
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Engineering
A new Imperial report identifies alternative materials and carbon capture technologies as critical in decarbonising the cement industry.
May 21, 2021
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Engineering
3-D printing has the potential to revolutionize product design and manufacturing in a vast range of fields—from custom components for consumer products, to 3-D printed dental products and bone and medical implants that ...
Apr 06, 2021
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Engineering
An industry-first apartment made using waste materials that has the potential to revolutionize home construction has been revealed by the UNSW SMaRT Centre and industry partner Mirvac.
Mar 10, 2021
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Fluid injection of perovskite semiconductors creates microwires to build different optoelectronic devices on a single silicon chip.
Mar 01, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Countries in Europe and Asia are increasingly relying on biofuel—products made from wood and plant residue—as an alternative to fossil fuels in power generation and home heating. The most common form is biopellets, small, ...
Feb 15, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at Penn State are looking at innovative ways to improve energy storage in an effort to better utilize renewable energy technologies.
Jan 31, 2020
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