♻️ Green Tech
♻️ 3D printed living material that can grow “on-site”
Algae is one of the most productive organisms on Earth. They have incredible capacity, such as making animal feed more sustainable, and they can sequester greenhouse gases. A new study has also used algae to create a new material. In a study from TU Delft, scientists...
🥇 Did you know that the Olympic medals are made of metal from recycled consumer electronics?
The Tokyo Olympics aims to become the most environmentally friendly and sustainable Games so far. One part of this is making the Olympic medals solely from recycled metals.The project has attracted donations and support from 1,300 educational institutions and 2,100...💦 New nanoscale material can split water to make fuel
Some carmakers, including Toyota, Honda, and BMW, believe hydrogen will play a part in the green energy technology. But developing stable and scaleable technology for splitting water to extract hydrogen, a process called electrolysis, has so far been challenging. Now...
🛣 New road treatment cools cities and absorbs exhaust fumes
In cities, it can be ten degrees warmer than in surrounding rural areas because of the heat island effect. Besides being very uncomfortable for citizens, it can have dangerous health impacts during heat waves. It also leads to more energy spent on, for example, air...
