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Light, flexible and radiation-resistant: Organic solar cells for space
Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon-based, or organic, materials could outperform conventional silicon and gallium arsenide for generating electricity in the final frontier, a study from the University ...
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Exploring quinone-based carbon capture: A promising path to safer CO₂ removal
Carbon capture, or the isolation and removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during industrial processes like cement mixing or steel production, is widely regarded as a key component of fighting climate change. Existing ...
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Sustainable building components use passive dehumidification to create a good indoor climate
Whether it's the meeting room of an office building, the exhibition room of a museum or the waiting area of a government office, many people gather in such places, and quickly the air becomes thick. This is partly due to ...
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Dialysis-inspired technique 'astonishingly effective' for treating wastewater
Researchers at Rice University, in collaboration with Guangdong University of Technology, have uncovered an innovative approach to treating high-salinity organic wastewaters—streams containing both elevated salt and organic ...
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Untapped potential: Construction materials could store billions of tons of CO₂ annually
Construction materials such as concrete and plastic have the potential to lock away billions of tons of carbon dioxide, according to a new study by civil engineers and Earth systems scientists at the University of California, ...
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Jan 9, 2025
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Farming tech is on display at CES as companies showcase their green innovations and initiatives
When Russell Maichel started growing almonds, walnuts and pistachios in the 1980s, he didn't own a cellphone. Now, a fully autonomous tractor drives through his expansive orchard, spraying pesticides and fertilizer to protect ...
Engineering
Jan 9, 2025
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3D-printed fungal fuel cell offers biodegradable power solution
A battery that needs feeding instead of charging? This is exactly what Empa researchers have achieved with their 3D-printed, biodegradable fungal battery. The living battery could supply power to sensors for agriculture or ...
Engineering
Jan 9, 2025
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Thermochromorph: A printmaking technique that transforms images with heat
Researchers in MIT Professor Stefanie Mueller's group have spent much of the last decade developing a variety of computing techniques aimed at reimagining how products and systems are designed. Much in the way that platforms ...
Engineering
Jan 8, 2025
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Advanced membrane technology offers superior treatment for high-salinity wastewater
A research team led by Prof. Wan Yinhua at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed an innovative mix-charged nanofiltration (NF) membrane featuring horizontal charge distribution, ...
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Jan 8, 2025
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Nuclear fusion could one day be a viable clean energy source, but big engineering challenges stand in the way
The way scientists think about fusion changed forever in 2022, when what some called the experiment of the century demonstrated for the first time that fusion can be a viable source of clean energy.
Engineering
Jan 8, 2025
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Low-cost system eliminates need for power-hungry signal transmitters in industrial machine communication
Researchers have found a low-power, inexpensive way for large numbers of devices, such as machines in factories and equipment in labs, to share information by efficiently using signals at untapped high frequencies.
Engineering
Jan 8, 2025
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Advanced wearable robot eases heavy lifting and other injury-causing tasks for workers
In research published in Advanced Intelligence Systems, scientists have developed an innovative, soft, wearable robot to help workers avoid job-related injuries while lifting, lowering, and carrying objects.
Robotics
Jan 8, 2025
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Smart food drying techniques with AI enhance product quality and efficiency
Food drying is a common process for preserving many types of food, including fruits and meat; however, drying can alter the food's quality and nutritional value. In recent years, researchers have developed precision techniques ...
Engineering
Jan 7, 2025
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Ramping up the scale of climate and energy technology: Experts recommend technical risk assessment strategies
One of the biggest challenges in implementing energy and climate technologies is actually scaling them up to deploy. While scale-up has largely been the domain of industrial R&D teams, advances in modeling and experimental ...
Engineering
Jan 7, 2025
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Electrokinetic rare earth mining technique gets upscaled to industrial levels
A team of metallurgists and geochemists at Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, working with a mechanical engineer from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has improved their previous electrokinetic mining technique by scaling ...
Method can detect harmful salts forming in nuclear waste melters
A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world.
Engineering
Jan 7, 2025
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Optimized sensor design reduces drag in self-driving vehicles
Thanks to the rapid progress of information technology and artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been taking off. In fact, AV technology is now advanced enough that the vehicles are being used for logistics ...
Engineering
Jan 7, 2025
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Silk-based nanofiltration membrane can purify water 10 times faster than commercial methods
A research team led by Professor Chuyang Tang, Chair Professor from the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has developed a novel nanofiltration membrane using natural ...
Engineering
Jan 7, 2025
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Experimental membrane captures more than 99% of aluminum ions from waste
Used in everything from soda cans and foil wrap to circuit boards and rocket boosters, aluminum is the second-most-produced metal in the world after steel. By the end of this decade, demand is projected to drive up aluminum ...
Engineering
Jan 7, 2025
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Quadrotors support enhanced locomotion in a new bipedal robot
Humans and animals are the key inspiration for many robotic systems developed to date, as they possess body structures that innately support efficient locomotion. While many bipedal (i.e., two-legged) robots are humanoids, ...
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