sustainability

Coffee is the start of many of our mornings. I bought my husband a 32-oz. mug and a mug warmer just so he could IV drip the caffeine into his system. In the U.S. alone, the number of coffee and snack shops grew from just over 48,000 in 2013…

Everyone uses wall-wart power supplies somewhere. Most of us use a lot of them. Everything from cordless phones to printers, chargers, and security devices, use them. These ubiquitous power supplies quietly provide energy to power and…

Crewed and uncrewed space flight doesn't create a large percentage of the Earth's carbon emissions. In 2018, Everyday Astronaut reported that rocket launches made up just 0.0000059% of the world's carbon emissions. To contrast, the energy…

Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) are too cool for school... and too hot. They've created a building material that changes its infrared color based on the amount of heat it absorbs…

If you’re going to CES 2023 in Las Vegas on Jan. 5-8 (and why wouldn’t you?), there's a theme this time—How technology addresses the world's biggest challenges. Highlights include: Automotive: With almost 300 exhibitors, CES 2023…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)—a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making. A team at LLNL’s…

Polyvinyl chloride is one of the most produced plastics in the world, ranking third by volume. It's in nearly everything: hospital equipment, plumbing, window frames, housing trim, tents, shower curtains, and even our clothing. It coats the…

The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) says that the United States has sustained 338 weather and climate disasters where damage costs reached or exceeded $1 billion since 1980. These events cost more than $2.295…

As semiconductors gain greater functionality and production volume, the environmental cost also increases. The greenhouse gases and waste from the semiconductor manufacturing process are serious environmental issues. A research team at…

Fidget spinners were all the rage in 2017. What if we could harvest the energy used to send them spinning to power small devices or wearables? We may be able to soon, thanks to researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University. The team…