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Category: New Technologies
Breakthrough in Recycling Solar Panels for a Greener Future
Scientists developed a nonhazardous strategy for recycling solar panels that enables nearly all components to be recovered and reused without efficiency loss.
The Rise of Drones—and a Way to Monitor Them
An uptick in drones has made monitoring air traffic crucial. But how can we track what we can’t even detect?
AI Unplugged: New Metamaterial Sensor Classifies Spoken Words
Engineers create a metamaterial that senses spoken words without the need for a battery. So far it can classify which of two words in a pair was spoken.
Holograms You Can Touch and Feel
Holograms that you can touch are being developed by scientists at the University of Bristol. This science fiction feat will soon be reality.
Solar Cell Inspired by 400-Year-Old Art
A long-standing Japanese art form known as kirigami has inspired scientists to design effective solar cell tech four hundred years later.
New Generators for All-Day Clean Energy
Thermoelectric generators get a boost—now they can supply enough renewable energy to power small devices both day and night.
Biotech & Digital Agriculture: The Smart Farming Revolution
Digital agriculture uses emerging technologies—including sensors, drones, and artificial intelligence—to collect crop data that can be used to enhance agricultural outcomes.
Bioprinting Skin for Cosmetics and Drug Testing
Bioprinting skin models that react on par with actual skin could lead to new possibilities for how labs test cosmetics and drugs.
Sunlight Powers Recycling of Carbon Dioxide and Plastic
A new recycling method uses sunlight to simultaneously convert carbon dioxide and plastic waste into sustainable biofuels and useful chemical products.