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Watch: Mealworms can eat toxic styrofoam and still be safe as food for other animals
Stanford researchers have found that mealworms can consume various forms of plastic, including plastic foam, and still be safely used as a protein-rich feedstock for other animals.
The challenges of food-grade lubricants
What are the benefits and challenges associated with food-grade lubricants?
Researchers adding recycled mineral wool waste to cement mortar to improve construction sustainability
Researchers from the School of Building at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) have demonstrated that mineral wool from construction and demolition waste (CDW) could potentially be used as an alternative to the reinforced fibers commonly used in building materials.
Choosing the right amount of flex for abrasive sheets, belts and discs
Coated abrasive products, in the form of sheets, belts and discs, are used in numerous industries and manufacturing operations to remove finishes and materials, or to smooth and polish surfaces.
Manganese hydride material magnifies hydrogen storage
A new material allows hydrogen to be stored four times more efficiently than available technology at a fraction of current costs.
Advancing automation in the electronic supply chain with AI
A digital relay race is being run, and the baton in that race needs to be seamlessly passed from one supply chain segment to the next. Bringing AI to the issue, engineers are about to take the extrapolative science behind the supply chain to unprecedented heights.
Upcycled fish scales show promise for security and pollution control applications
In a bid to reuse this abundant waste material, the NUS team determined that fish scale waste, when subjected to appropriate heating conditions, undergoes a transformation.
Researchers are 3D printing eyeballs
The new approach is considered, by its developers, faster, more accurate and less expensive than current techniques for manufacturing artificial eyeballs.
Crime scene tech takes inspiration from jellyfish
According to the scientists, the new approach, which features a water-soluble spray, makes fingerprints easier to examine.
Coffee grounds for cleaning up environmental toxins
Spent coffee grounds can be repurposed to function as an adsorbent of bentazone, which is a highly neurotoxic herbicide used in the agriculture industry.
Greener Corporation provides tips for forming, cutting and sealing sustainable mono materials on flow wrappers and vertical baggers
The properties that can make mono polyethylene (PE) and mono polypropylene (PP) more challenging to form, cut and seal are discussed.
New hydraulic control fluid for subsea production systems launched by Castrol
According to the company, the fluid has been formulated for use as the control fluid in subsea production control systems, delivering all-round subsea production system protection.
A gel for shielding surgical wounds
Endoscopically applied to a surgical site, the gel creates a tough yet flexible protective layer for the damaged area thereby preventing delayed bleeding and reinforcing the mechanical integrity of tissue.
Materials test – Do you need one and when?
All of Spiroflow’s tests are carried out by qualified engineers and are intended to accurately reflect the conditions under which customers will be using the equipment.
New wind turbine coating promises to help prevent damage from lightning strikes
A common problem impacting trees, telephone poles and tall-rise buildings, lightning strikes can also result in expensive damages to wind turbines and their operators.
New liquid coating prevents 80% of cavities
Through a school-based cavity prevention study dubbed CariedAway, researchers discovered that silver diamine fluoride (SDF) prevented cavities and shielded existing cavities from worsening.
New alloy designed for subsea umbilicals
The new tube product represents the next generation of super-duplex seamless tubing developed specifically for the offshore oil and gas industry.
Converting sewage sludge into activated carbon
A new pyrolysis-based process converts the urban waste into activated carbon for use in gas treatment, energy storage and other applications.
Arburg at NPE 2024: Hybrid Allrounder 520 H produces high-quality molded parts from ABS recyclate
A hybrid Allrounder will demonstrate how ABS recyclate can be processed into high-quality molded parts and returned to the material cycle.
Brewer's yeast filters out metal from waste streams
Because electronic waste (E-waste) in notoriously difficult to recycle due in part to the number of different metals used in product manufacture, the researchers sought a way to selectively separate the metals for reuse.