Environment
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Eight robot bees to save an entire ecosystem, Durham’s bet
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and micro-robotics. These are the ingredients of RoboRoyale, the EU-funded project that is about to test…
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Perovskite thermochromic windows: the promising solution to save energy in buildings
The researchers of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of the Doe have tried to insert a perovskite film inside a…
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Lexus Design Awards 2023, from eco-tent to soap packaging
Lexus announces four winners of its international design competition that rewards emerging designers and innovators
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What is the artificial alkalinization of the oceans, the geoengineering that exploits the sea
Artificial alkalinization of the oceans means a form of geoengineering that uses normal natural processes of deterioration of the rocks,…
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An artificial coral reef to restore marine ecosystems
The Veterinary Medical Aquatic Animal Research Center of Excellence (VMARCE) of the University of Chulalongkorn has developed Innovareef, an artificial…
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Recovering CO2 to produce zero carbon concrete: Seratech technology
Silica obtained from the CO2 of waste gases and olivine is replaced by 40% of the Portland cement commonly used…
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China turns on largest “advanced” compressed air battery
The plant, built in northern China, does not require the use of caverns or fossil gas to be added to…
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The fish robot catches microplastics
A Chinese study published in the journal Nano Letters has developed a fish-shaped robot capable of capturing microplastics.
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A textile filter transformed into carbon capture
An American study has developed a textile filter carbon capture from gas and air mixtures through an enzyme called carbonic…
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PET Recycling: from the cemetery in Leipzig, the super-efficient plastic-eating enzyme
Within 16 hours, PHL7 decomposed PET at 90%, while its rival LCC - the most performing enzyme so far -…
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