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Despite its many advantages, glass has one major Achilles' heel – it’s brittle. Now, engineers at Penn State have developed LionGlass, a new type of the material that’s not only 10 times more damage resistant, but requires significantly less energy to manufacture.The most commonly used form of glass, which you’ll find in everything from windows to drinking glasses, is technically known as soda lime silicate glass. Manufacturing this common material requires furnaces that get up to 1,500 °C (2,732 °F), which of course…

In a world scorched by climate change, cooling technology is far from a luxury. It saves lives, keeps food fresh and ensures comfort at home or in the office. Ten new air conditioners are to be sold every second between now and 2050, according to the International Energy Agency. But all those machines, running for hours on end, gobble up vast quantities of electricity. These devices also tend to contain refrigerant gases that are many thousands of times more damaging in terms of global warming…

Ripping down an existing structure means wasting all the energy that went into the creation of its materials. The destruction itself also requires energy, and the waste materials must be moved to landfills. Add that to the energy and emissions required to make, transport, and assemble materials for a brand-new building, and it’s easy to see how making use of what has already been built is the more environmentally sustainable option. Susan Piedmont-Palladino, director of the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center at…

Uber is introducing a host of new product features aimed at steering its customers toward greener choices. The product features, which were unveiled at an event in London today, are also intended to boost the company’s chances of reaching its sustainability goals, which have it going completely carbon neutral in North America and Europe by 2030 and in all global markets by 2040. Some of the new products are not ready for a global rollout, but the overall aim is to use its platform to encourage riders and drivers to make…

The top giant IT firms in the world are setting ambitious targets and investing in a greener world, setting an example for other businesses. Many of the biggest IT firms in the world are actively working to minimize waste, utilize renewable energy sources, and lower their carbon footprints. The top 10 giant IT firms advancing sustainability measures are highlighted in this article. Let us take a look at these IT firms creating a greener world. Google Google is heavily investing in sustainability research and…

A team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, led by Yan Wang, has developed a solvent-free, cost-effective process for producing lithium-ion battery electrodes that charge faster than those currently on the market.New manufacturing technique tackles a key obstacle confronting the electric vehicle sector.A research group led by Yan Wang, a researcher from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has pioneered a solvent-free methodology for the production of lithium-ion battery electrodes. This novel approach yields greener,…

Rolls-Royce has completed the first tests of its UltraFan demonstrator aircraft engine at its facility in Derby,UK. The tests were conducted using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) primarily from waste-based feedstock, but the company is also exploring options for hybrid-electric and hydrogen-powered options. “The UltraFan demonstrator is a game changer. In the making for nearly a decade, UltraFan has been designed to showcase technologies…

The Galaxy S22 series, especially the Galaxy S22 Ultra, are still great phones. But to get one now the Galaxy S23 series is out, you would probably have to settle for a used one, and with that comes some uncertainty. Samsung has the solution, as the entire Galaxy S22 series of phones has entered its official Certified Re-Newed program, and at lower prices than you would have originally paid. Galaxy S22 Ultra Andy Boxall/DigitalTrends Samsung succinctly describes what the Certified Re-Newed program is all about:…

Image for representational purpose only (Photo courtesy: AFP) The UK aviation said moving towards higher-cost sustainable aviation fuel will automatically cut passenger demand due to hikes in prices in the future.In order to replace fossil fuels with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), the cost of decarbonising air flight fares is likely to become more expensive, which might put several passengers off flying. The UK aviation industry also warned regarding the same and said that the step of moving towards higher-cost…

Alphabet Inc's Google released on Tuesday new details about the supercomputers it uses to train its artificial intelligence models, saying the systems are both faster and more power-efficient than comparable systems from Nvidia Corp. Google has designed its own custom chip called the Tensor Processing Unit, or TPU. It uses those chips for more than 90% of the company's work on artificial intelligence training, the process of feeding data through models to make them useful at tasks such as responding to queries with…