Tech company pulls valuable materials from thrown-out devices: 'One of the fastest-growing solid waste streams in the world'

Metal sourcing and recovery technology company Metallium, originally based in Texas, recently secured two new U.S. sites for ...

Scientists make incredible breakthrough using thrown-out plastic: 'Less energy, less equipment, and fewer steps'

"The approach, which the team describes as requiring less energy, less equipment, and fewer steps than conventional ...

Energy harvesters surpass Carnot efficiency using non-thermal electron states

Harnessing quantum states that avoid thermalization enables energy harvesters to surpass traditional thermodynamic limits ...
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Researchers make game-changing breakthrough using common plastic waste — here's what they found

Scientists have unveiled a surprising new way to tackle the stubborn problem of plastic waste by turning it into something incredibly useful: clean energy. A new study published in Advanced Materials ...
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Waste glass gets a second life in construction blocks

Glass isn't as easy to recycle as we might think, so we need as many ways to turn it into new products as we can devise. Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have developed a way to use ...
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Thermoelectric material hits record 13% waste heat-to-electricity conversion

The prototype delivered 13 per cent conversion efficiency, which, in simple terms, meant that with the prototype, for every 100 units of heat energy that went into the device, about 13 units were ...
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E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn't keeping pace, UN says

United Nations agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further.Related video above: Firefighters warn of ...
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Battery made from natural materials could replace conventional lithium-ion batteries

What if the next battery you buy was made from the same kinds of ingredients found in your body? That's the idea behind a ...
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Portable printer developed for fabrication of origami devices

In the present times, origami-inspired three-dimensional (3D) devices are being developed, where a single sheet of material is folded into small devices. These devices are being developed for medical ...