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This chemical-free process turns retired hard drives into reusable materials, reducing landfill waste and supporting domestic supply chains for critical rare earth elements
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This chemical-free process turns retired hard drives into reusable materials, reducing landfill waste and supporting domestic supply chains for critical rare earth elements

Chemical-free recycling supports U.S. supply chains and cuts landfill waste Recovered materials support electric cars, wind power, and advanced electronics manufacturing Sustainable end-of-life...

Sunlight and sugarcane waste power hydrogen production at rate four times higher than commercialization benchmark
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Sunlight and sugarcane waste power hydrogen production at rate four times higher than commercialization benchmark

Schematic diagram of PEC H2 production using the PtC/Ni/c-Si photocathode. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58000-4 A technology for hydrogen (H2) production has...

New AI Chibi figure trend may be the cutest one yet, and we’re all doomed to waste time and energy making these things
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New AI Chibi figure trend may be the cutest one yet, and we’re all doomed to waste time and energy making these things

The best AI generation trends are the cute ones, especially those that transform us into our favorite characters or at least facsimiles of...

New membranes could help eliminate brine waste
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New membranes could help eliminate brine waste

Jovan Kamcev, assistant professor of chemical engineering, places a membrane into an electrodialysis device. Credit: Marcin Szczepanski/Michigan Engineering Desalination plants, a major and...

Transforming plastic waste into high-quality 3D-printed products
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Transforming plastic waste into high-quality 3D-printed products

The cleaned plastic packaging waste is mixed, melted down and extruded in a compounder at Fraunhofer IFAM. Credit: Fraunhofer IFAM Every year, some...

Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy
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Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy

The start-up was founded in 2022 to tackle the waste from Tunisia’s lucrative olive harvest. In a northern Tunisian olive grove, Yassine Khelifi’s...

How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste in the US? | Politics News
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How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste in the US? | Politics News

Billionaire Elon Musk, the driving force behind United States President Donald Trump’s budget-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has broached the sensitive issue...

How industrial waste gases could replace fossil fuels in everyday consumer products
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How industrial waste gases could replace fossil fuels in everyday consumer products

System block diagram for C12–14 AE7 surfactant production from the steel and paper mill flue gases. Credit: Journal of CO2 Utilization (2025). DOI:...

Erythritol slurry and its potential for waste heat recovery
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Erythritol slurry and its potential for waste heat recovery

This image depicts the relationship between these three important properties, which together determine the rheological behavior of erythritol slurry. Understanding the correlation between...