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  • Building with wood could greatly curtail construction greenhouse gas emissions

    Switching to wood as a building construction material would significantly lessen the carbon footprint of building construction, according to a study conducted by Aalto University and the Finnish Environment Institute.

  • Steel industry shortage due to COVID slump, and other steel news

    COVID-19 is impacting the U.S. hot-rolled coil steel sector, which is facing increased prices and insufficient supply to meet customer demand.

  • Microorganism can produce biodiesel from cardboard

    The new microorganism could be the key to green energy for cars.

  • Swagelok reveals its new full-bore, bidirectional flow GB series ball valve

    The new GB-series ball valve has been specially designed with safety in mind.

  • Free online battery training course for workshops and distributors

    The material is designed to help distributors, workshops and garages combat the rise of battery failure occurring because of reduced usage due to pandemic lockdowns.

  • Watch: Road tire component implicated in salmon mortality

    Coho salmon death in the Pacific Northwest is linked to a chemical widely used to protect tires from ozone.

  • Team devises method for improving 3D-printed food

    Team to improve the taste, look and feel of 3D-printed food.

  • Biochar removes drug residues from reclaimed wastewater

    The utility of biochars produced from cotton gin waste and guayule bagasse in adsorbing three common pharmaceutical compounds from an aqueous solution was evaluated.

  • Robotic kitchen will now prep meals in the home

    This robot will cook for you, but it will cost you.

  • Introducing the Tigron by Auma

    The continuously evolving world of industrial automation and digitization continues to amaze with Auma’s latest innovation being no exception.

  • Sorting with unfailing precision

    The young company Unchained Robotics uses ifm's 3D sensor O3D to automate sorting and pick and place tasks by robot.

  • Watch: Get to climate goals by extending nuclear plant life

    Extending the life of existing nuclear power plants increases the availability of reliable low carbon power and accelerates attainment of climate goals.

  • Adsorbent created to clean copper from water

    A zinc imidazole salicylaldoxime supramolecule adsorbent was demonstrated to target and trap copper ions from wastewater with precision and speed.

  • Software solutions for engineering to order

    Unlike made to order, which starts with fixed design specifications, engineering to order includes the entirety of the design process.

  • Study: Multicaloric materials can fuel cooling efficiency

    The effects of simultaneously exposing certain alloys to magnetic fields and mechanical stress were explored in pursuit of refrigeration systems based on such multicaloric materials.

  • Watch: Mapping platform reveals global soil carbon potential

    Users can model how soil organic carbon has fluctuated over the last 11,000 years and project future carbon-storing capacity.

  • Students operate robotic arm from the comfort of their homes

    Students operate a robotic arm from home.

  • Pandemic indirectly increases UK plastic recycling

    A change in work, school and eating habits has increased household plastics recycling by up to 20%, according to a U.K. charity.

  • NY State enacts PFAS burning ban

    The incineration of firefighting foams in urban communities has led to local contamination with 'forever' chemicals.

  • GE ups the capacity of its onshore wind turbine platform

    The new addition to the Cypress platform increases annual energy production by up to 11% over previous turbine models.

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