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New book explores ‘socially sustainable’ architecture
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New book explores ‘socially sustainable’ architecture

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Alexandra Staub, author and professor of architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School at Penn State,...

Cellulose instead of crude oil: Researchers develop sustainable foams
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Cellulose instead of crude oil: Researchers develop sustainable foams

A skateboard made from biodegradable foam. Credit: Wolf—TU Graz Foams have numerous possible potential applications, for example, ranging from the automotive, household and...

How your morning coffee can supercharge sustainable construction
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How your morning coffee can supercharge sustainable construction

Swinburne’s Dr Yat Wong firing bricks made from coffee waste. Credit: Swinburne University of Technology Bricks made from used coffee grounds could soon...

Why your holiday flight is still not being powered by sustainable aviation fuel
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Why your holiday flight is still not being powered by sustainable aviation fuel

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As you wait in the departure lounge for your flight this summer, you may notice your airplane being pumped...

Sustainable cooling film could slash building energy use by 20% amid rising global temperatures
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Sustainable cooling film could slash building energy use by 20% amid rising global temperatures

An illustration of the bioplastic metafilm which passively cools buildings and could cut annual energy consumption by as much as 20% in cities....

Old smartphones become working data servers in sustainable tech project from Estonia
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Old smartphones become working data servers in sustainable tech project from Estonia

Old smartphones could be reused to support data collection and analysis University researchers built data centers from recycled phones for just 8 euros...

Sustainable, low-cost batteries for the electric vehicles of tomorrow
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Sustainable, low-cost batteries for the electric vehicles of tomorrow

With the new DRYtraec dry transfer technology, electrodes of energy storage cells are coated with a dry film instead of liquid chemicals. Credit:...

Engineers make a big splash, turning water treatment sludge into sustainable concrete
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Engineers make a big splash, turning water treatment sludge into sustainable concrete

Illustration of microbiologically influenced corrosion process and mechanism on concrete sewage pipe. Credit: Journal of Building Engineering (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2025.112682 Concrete is widely...

New method enables sustainable recycling of rare earths from electrolyzers
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New method enables sustainable recycling of rare earths from electrolyzers

Credit: Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy (2025). DOI: 10.1007/s40831-025-01080-9 Hydrogen electrolysis cells contain rare earth metals. Once an electrolysis cell has done its job,...