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Recycling plastics from research labs

“With sustainability in mind, MIT’s EHS Lab Plastics Recycling Program gathers clean plastics from 212 MIT labs, recycling some 280 pounds per week. In 2019, MIT’s Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Office collaborated with several research labs in …

Renewable route to rubber material

“A venerable industrial method for making butadiene bounces back to prominence. A key ingredient in the manufacture of car tires and sneaker soles could be made sustainably, following new analysis of an old catalytic process. Butadiene, an essential component of …

Researchers develop carbon-negative concrete

“A viable formula for a carbon-negative, environmentally friendly concrete that is nearly as strong as regular concrete has been developed at Washington State University. In a proof-of-concept work, the researchers infused regular cement with environmentally friendly biochar, a type of …

Researchers Suggest New Way To Boost Perovskite Solar Cell Performance

“Scientists at ITMO University and their colleagues from the St. Petersburg Academic University and University of Tor Vergata (Italy) have developed high-performance perovskite solar cells. The improvement is thanks to the use of semiconductors based on wire-like nanocrystals. The technology …

SK hynix Develops Industry’s First 12-Layer HBM3, Provides Samples To Customers

“SK hynix Inc. (or “the company”, www.skhynix.com) announced today it has become the industry’s first to develop 12-layer HBM3 product with a 24 gigabyte (GB)2memory capacity, currently the largest in the industry, and said customers’ performance …

STMicroelectronics introduces automotive inertial module with certified ASIL B software library for a broad range of automotive applications

“The STMicroelectronics ASM330LHB automotive-qualified MEMS inertial-sensing module provides accurate measurements for a wide variety of vehicle functions and, with the dedicated software provided, addresses functional-safety applications up to ASIL B1. The module contains a 3-axis digital accelerometer and 3-axis digital …

Swedish quantum computer applied to chemistry for the first time

“There are high expectations that quantum computers may deliver revolutionary new possibilities for simulating chemical processes. This could have a major impact on everything from the development of new pharmaceuticals to new materials. Researchers at Chalmers University have now, for …

TI makes Wi-Fi® technology more robust and affordable for connected IoT applications

“New SimpleLink™ wireless connectivity devices enable efficient Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth® Low Energy 5.3 connections in any environment Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced a new SimpleLink™ family of Wi-Fi 6 companion integrated circuits (ICs) to help designers …

UC Irvine physicists discover first transformable nano-scale electronic devices

“The nano-scale electronic parts in devices like smartphones are solid, static objects that once designed and built cannot transform into anything else. But University of California, Irvine physicists have reported the discovery of nano-scale devices that can transform into many …

World’s deepest offshore wind turbine foundation installed in Scottish waters

“The world’s deepest wind turbine foundation has been installed at what will be Scotland’s largest offshore windfarm – Seagreen – off the coast of Angus. On Friday, the foundation (or ‘jacket’ as is the industry term) was transported to the …