HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Going for the (Recycled) Olympic Gold in Tokyo
Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games have decided to use e-waste to manufacture the 5,000 medals that athletes will be awarded.
Art from Auto Tailpipe Emissions
KAALINK is a mechatronic system which consists of electrostatic and other filtration equipment, sensors, and a capture unit. The device captures 95% of particular matter pollution without inducing back-pressure.
Repairing Potholes for the Long-Term
A pothole repair technology based on infrared heating could save local UK authorities £3.5bn in 2019 by making repairs cheaper and longer-lasting.
Your Next Set of Tires Could Come from Trees
Technology from the University of Minnesota offers a new chemical process to make isoprene, which is the key molecule in car tires.
HERO Program Expands to Florida Efficiency Market
Products installed using HERO financing must carry a high government efficiency rating, such as those in the ENERGY STAR program.
Biotech Startup Aims for Cost-Effective Consumables
The spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created what it says is a low-cost process for engineering microbes with complex metabolic pathways borrowed from plants.
No Ink Needed: You Can Print on This Paper with Light
The paper can be erased and rewritten more than 80 times and could offer environmental and economic benefits.
Arming Surgical Masks to Kill Viruses
A salt coating applied to a surgical mask filter dissolves upon exposure to virus aerosols and recrystallizes during drying, destroying the pathogens.
Waste and Residues Fuel Renewable Diesel
No vehicle modifications are required to use renewable diesel fuel derived from almost any waste fat or hydrotreated vegetable oil.
Skin Patch for Smarter Insulin Delivery
A microneedle-array patch monitors and automatically responds to blood glucose levels.
Open-Source Biosignal Acquisition Device
The Bluetooth data acquisition device has a special focus on bio-signals such as ECG, EMG, and EEG.
Smart Glasses That Focus on What You Are Looking At
When the wearer looks at an object, a meter measures the distance and tells the actuators how to curve the lenses. The lenses can change focus in 14 milliseconds.
Engineers Look to Fish Scales for Tough Materials
Researchers have identified a set of critical mechanisms in the way natural fish scales deform, interact, and fracture.
Shellfish Chemistry Used to Design New Adhesive
A new adhesive that combines shellfish chemistry and a bio-based polymer shows performance on par with commercial glues.
Modeling Tools Help Optimize Bus Routes
The debut of wireless charging buses in Stockholm, Sweden included introduction of a model to propose optimal locations for installing chargers on the bus network.
P&G Makes Shampoo Bottles from Waste Beach Plastic
Well-known shampoo will soon come in recyclable bottle made of waste beach plastic.
Everyday Use of Legal Metrology Standards
When you go to the grocery store and buy a pound of flour or a liter of soda, how do you know you are getting exactly one pound or one liter?
Smart Appliances Deployed in Smart City Project
The appliances will use NarrowBand IOT, an Internet-of-Things communication technology. The smart power control is implemented through embedded connectivity of the devices and uses REstore's cloud analytics.
Recyclable Display Screens Built from Proteins
A display technology based on luminescent proteins may enable cost-effective, environmentally friendly manufacture of displays for computers, TVs, and mobile devices.
Hair Is Strong, but Why?
A team of university researchers found that hair behaves differently depending on how fast or slow it is stretched.