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Researchers: Demolishing buildings is bad for the planet—here's an alternative
The construction industry is not on track to decarbonize by 2050 and uses more resources than most. In 2020, the UK produced a staggering 59.1 million tonnes of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste. Despite most ...
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Message in a bottle: Combining mixed-color glass an option to boost recycling
The glass bottles we toss in the recycling bin don't always end up where we expect. Only about 33% of glass is recycled in the United States, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, partly due to expenses like sorting ...
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Creating loops of liquid lithium for fusion temperature control
Fusion vessels have a Goldilocks problem: The plasma within needs to be hot enough to generate net power, but if it's too hot, it can damage the vessel's interior. Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) ...
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Proton-conducting materials could enable new green energy technologies
As the name suggests, most electronic devices today work through the movement of electrons. But materials that can efficiently conduct protons—the nucleus of the hydrogen atom—could be key to a number of important technologies ...
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Researchers create bio-inspired 3D-printed solar steam generators for desalination
Faced with the world's impending freshwater scarcity, a team of researchers in Singapore turned to solar steam generators (SSGs), which are emerging as a promising device for seawater desalination. Desalination can be a costly, ...
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Wearable sensors help athletes achieve greater performance
Today's athletes are always on the lookout for new techniques and equipment to help them train more effectively. Modern coaches and sports trainers use intelligent data monitoring through videos and wearable sensors to help ...
Consumer & Gadgets
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Bio-inspired lizard robot reveals what's needed for optimum locomotion
Can a robot mimicking a climbing and walking lizard give new insights into the evolution and advantages of different movements in humans and other animals?
Robotics
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Q&A: Engineering skills to get a job in the 'new industrial revolution'
If you want to learn how to get a job as an engineer on the modern manufacturing floor overseeing improvements and collaborating with both people and robots, it helps to ask an expert for her advice.
Engineering
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Interfacial fracture of perovskite light emitting devices
Research by SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) President Dr. Winston Soboyejo and peers at Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) titled, "Interfacial fracture of Perovskite Light Emitting Devices," has been published ...
Engineering
Jul 22, 2024
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Foldable pouch actuator improves finger extension in soft rehabilitation gloves
Soft rehabilitation gloves have become popular tools for helping patients with hand function-related disabilities recover finger movement. These gloves often use soft pneumatic actuators that employ air pressure to generate ...
Engineering
Jul 22, 2024
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Nigeria's chronic power shortages: Mini grids haven't solved the problem—here's why
Electricity is a scarce commodity in Nigeria. With just over 4,000 megawatts supplying nearly 220 million people, the electricity access deficit stands at about 40% nationwide. The picture looks even darker in rural areas. ...
Engineering
Jul 22, 2024
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Carbon fiber composite sensors offer solution for efficient traffic monitoring
A breakthrough in traffic monitoring technology has been achieved by a research team affiliated with UNIST. The team unveiled sensors that can monitor traffic and road conditions in real-time, while strengthening buildings ...
Engineering
Jul 22, 2024
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Enhancing adaptive radar with AI and an enormous open-source dataset
The world around us is constantly being flash photographed by adaptive radar systems. From salt flats to mountains and everything in between, adaptive radar is used to detect, locate and track moving objects. Just because ...
Engineering
Jul 19, 2024
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Researchers use light to control ferrofluid droplet movements in water
A team of engineers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology has found that ferrofluidic drops in a tank of water can be ...
New parameter helps clarify how soft materials fail under stress
Understanding how soft materials fail under stress is critical for solving engineering challenges as disparate as pharmaceutical technology and landslide prevention. A new study linking a spectrum of soft material behaviors—previously ...
Engineering
Jul 18, 2024
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Machine learning unlocks secrets to advanced alloys
The concept of short-range order (SRO)—the arrangement of atoms over small distances—in metallic alloys has been underexplored in materials science and engineering. But the past decade has seen renewed interest in quantifying ...
Engineering
Jul 18, 2024
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Stretchable electronics might make their way onto the market thanks to roll-to-roll process
Electronics have evolved over the years to supersede simply enhancing day-to-day life to becoming almost seamlessly integrated with daily life. People have become accustomed to wearable electronics, but what about stretchable ...
Engineering
Jul 18, 2024
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Solar farms with stormwater controls mitigate runoff and erosion, study finds
As the number of major utility-scale ground solar panel installations grows, concerns about their impacts on natural hydrologic processes also have grown. However, a new study by Penn State researchers suggests that excess ...
Engineering
Jul 18, 2024
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Energy-efficient refrigeration system promises a greener future for supermarkets
University of South Australia researchers have worked with industry to build a world-first, energy-efficient refrigeration system that could revolutionize how we cool supermarkets, hospitals, abattoirs and other systems.
Engineering
Jul 18, 2024
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Free 3D-printing datasets enable analysis, confidence in printed parts
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has publicly released a new set of additive manufacturing data that industry and researchers can use to evaluate and improve the quality of 3D-printed components. The ...
Engineering
Jul 18, 2024
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