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Show Notes 14 February 2025 Story 1: New fabric can heat up more than 50 degrees to keep people warm in ultracold weather Source: LiveScience.com Story by Victoria Atkinson Link: https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/new-fabric-can-heat-up-almost-50-degrees-to-keep-people-warm-in-ultracold-weather See the team’s research paper here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42114-024-00994-4 Story 2: MIT engineers develop breakthrough technology that could change the way we process [recycled] aluminum Source:…

Show Notes 7 February 2025 Story 1: More Sustainable Tires in Sight as Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Bridgestone Team Up Source: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Story by JoAnna Wendel Link: https://www.pnnl.gov/news-media/more-sustainable-tires-sight-pnnl-and-bridgestone-team Story 2: Scientists Develop Printable Droplet Laser Displays Source: Photonics Spectra Link: https://www.photonics.com/Articles/Scientists_Develop_Printable_Droplet_Laser/a70594 Story 3: US firm to bury nuclear reactors 1-mile underground…

Show Notes 31 January 2025 Story 1: Scientists use plasma to enable futuristic 3D-printed food — here’s how it could revolutionize an industry Source: The Cool Down Story by Leslie Sattler Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/scientists-use-plasma-to-enable-futuristic-3d-printed-food-here-s-how-it-could-revolutionize-an-industry/ar-AA1wXca4 See also: https://phys.org/news/2024-12-3d-pea-gels-potential-food.html See also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212429224004802?via%3Dihub Story 2: Koreans Create EV Battery That Puts Out Its Own Fires and Holds 87% Power…

Show Notes 10 January 2025 Story 1: A new catalyst can turn methane into something useful – MIT chemical engineers have devised a way to capture methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and convert it into polymers. Source: MIT News Story by Anne Trafton Link: https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-catalyst-can-turn-methane-into-something-useful-1204 See the research paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41929-024-01251-z Story 2: Balloon system…

Show Notes 3 January 2025 Story 1: Solar-powered plasma technology offers a sustainable solution for seed germination challenges Source: Phys.org Story by Frontiers Journals Link: https://phys.org/news/2024-12-solar-powered-plasma-technology-sustainable.html See also: https://journal.hep.com.cn/fase/EN/10.15302/J-FASE-2024573 Story 2: Circuit boards made from leaves could green up electronics’ act Source: Anthropocene Story by Anthropocene Team Link: https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/12/circuit-boards-made-from-leaves-could-green-up-electronics-act/ See also: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq3276 Story 3: Artificial…

Show Notes 27 December 2024 Story 1: Google ‘Willow’ quantum chip has solved a problem the best supercomputer would have taken a quadrillion times the age of the universe to crack Source: LiveScience.com Story by Afifi-Sabet Link: https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/google-willow-quantum-computing-chip-solved-a-problem-the-best-supercomputer-taken-a-quadrillion-times-age-of-the-universe-to-crack See also: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.13687 Optional side note – Why do Americans have a different definition of septillion than…

Show Notes 20 December 2024 Story 1: Scientists and engineers produce world’s first carbon-14 diamond battery with potential lifespan of thousands of years Source: University of Bristol News release Link: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2024/december/diamond-battery-media-release.html See also: https://gizmodo.com/the-forever-battery-worlds-first-diamond-battery-promises-power-for-thousands-of-years-2000536275 Story 2: From scrap to strength: Solid phase manufacturing transforms aluminum waste into high-value alloys Source: TechXplore.com Story by Karyn Hede,…