“It’s an embodied Internet that you’re inside rather than just looking at,” said Facebook’s creator Mark Zuckerberg in defining the metaverse. Since he announced the rebranding of his company to Meta, this concept has been all around. Nonetheless, the idea…
Carbon fiber production is not only costly but also causes a considerable wastage of energy. Researchers at Deutsche Institute für Textil- und Faserforschung (DITF) have developed an innovative production method that uses lignin, a renewable raw material to manufacture carbon…
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and NASA have developed an innovative method for counting trees and calculating carbon sequestration, enabling better management of climate credits and nature restoration. Their study, published in Nature, counted 9.9 billion trees in Africa’s…
When 98% of the raw materials you need for permanent magnets – used, for example, in wind turbines – comes from a single country (China), everyone understands that this dependency is problematic. The European Critical Raw Materials Act is proposed…
At the heart of most electrical devices are printed circuit boards (PCBs). These thick and sturdy – often green – boards host circuits and are what can be considered the brain of a remote control, a blender, or a TV…
I read an article from Wyoming, USA. In 25 years from now, used windmill blades will generate 43 million tons of waste per year. Blades installed 20 years ago are now nearing the end of life, and blades installed now…
Today, AGL’s Loy Yang power station is a typical coal power station that uses brown coal from Victorian brown coal to produce electricity. However, this is about to change, as AGL plans to produce hydrogen using the same brown coal.…
In our Sunday newsletter, we, as editors, look back on the past seven days. We do this on the initiative of our cartoonist Albert Jan Rasker. He picks a subject, makes a drawing, and we take it from there. An…
Last Wednesday was a beautiful day. With trees suddenly sprouting everywhere and cheerfully singing birds. A new spring, a new sound. In the distance, an airplane with a banner was whirring: ‘Stop the hovering, vote today,‘ I read. Oh yes,…
Seven garbage bags filled with 12 meters of plastic tubing, 108 gloves, 57 compresses, 24 syringes, and 16 isolation gowns. That’s how much one ICU patient a day generates in waste. The healthcare industry works with many disposable products and…