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Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Orange peels are used to extract and reuse metals from lithium-ion batteries to create new batteries.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
This material could reduce persistent plastic accumulation in the environment.
Briefs: Energy
A customizable smart window harnesses and manipulates solar power to save energy and cut costs.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The system is effective in urban environments where there are tall buildings on all sides.
Briefs: Materials
An environmentally friendly method upcycles carbon dioxide emissions into polymers and other materials.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Open source microcontroller technologies in industrially hardened form factors address critical applications.
5 Ws: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Would you take a walk in biodegradable flip-flops?
Blog: Electronics & Computers
Dr. James Rees is spending the time in his lab testing sensors made from bacteria.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
This device could be used to find threats to ecosystems.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
Bacteria-Based Hydrogel Beads Clean Up Contaminated Groundwater
Beads that contain bacteria and a slow-release food supply to sustain them can clean up contaminated groundwater for months on end, maintenance-free.
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
These sensors monitor electrical loads from household appliances to support grid operations.
Briefs: Energy
Organic Lithium-Powered Batteries
These batteries are more environmentally friendly while retaining performance, stability, and storage capacity.
Briefs: Materials
This highly porous sponge absorbs more than 30 times its weight in oil and can be reused up to several dozen times.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
This approach allows scientists to study the communication within plants, providing valuable insights to improve crop yields.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The technology could lead to production of fuels, building materials, and other products in a carbon-neutral way.
Briefs: Transportation
A new design enables artificial photosynthesis to generate fuel that can power homes and vehicles.
Briefs: Aerospace
Applications exist both on Mars and on Earth.
Blog: Green Design & Manufacturing
"Who knows? Maybe one day we will have roofs covered with humidity panels together with solar panels," TAU professor Colin Price told Tech Briefs.
Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Find the right pressure sensors for your sterilization applications.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
This method of producing clean syngas could be used to develop a sustainable liquid fuel alternative to gasoline.
Briefs: Materials
This method can be used to protect stored building materials and to remediate in-service wood and wood products.
Briefs: Materials
This green process produces pristine graphene in bulk using waste food, plastic, and other materials.
Briefs: Test & Measurement
This technology supports CO2 emissions reduction in cement manufacturing.
Q&A: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new process will reduce the cost of manufacturing graphene by a factor of more than 100.
Briefs: Aerospace
The NASA study is a first step in developing a model to deploy in future disasters.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
The additive creates fuel from biomass while improving engine performance.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Fiber-optic cables could help scientists study offshore earthquakes and the geologic structures hidden deep beneath the ocean surface.
Briefs: Energy
This robot “blood” stores energy, transmits force, operates appendages, and provides structure, all in an integrated design.
Briefs: Green Design & Manufacturing
This controller minimizes the burden on the power grid.
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