Esmark scraps bid for U.S. Steel
Privately held steel company Esmark said on Wednesday it would not participate in the purchase process for U.S. Steel and respect the position of the United Steel Workers (USW) union, which is supporting Cleveland-Cliffs' offer......»»
Researchers claim to make wood that is tougher than steel
The article first appeared last week in an issue of the science journal "Matter." The original article is behind a paywall but Oddity Central and a couple YouTube videos summarize the main points. The researchers demonstrate their method with two exa.....»»
Retrofitting for Future: Revitalizing outdated buildings – A Requisite to avoid Redundancy
On average a commercial concrete structure is built to live a century while steel buildings can easily last 150 years. With everything around, us transforming so rapidly, the places where we work also need to upgrade to stay at par with the technolog.....»»
Blizzard scraps plans for its online-only BlizzCon 2022 event
Blizzard says this decision was a difficult one but ultimately the right call for its business moving forward. It wants to take some time to "reimagine" what BlizzCon is and what it should be while using the resources it saves by not hosting the even.....»»
Steak Knife Made From Hardened Wood Is Three Times Sharper Than Steel
Scientists have used a new form of hardened wood to create a steak knife that is nearly three times sharper than a stainless steel dinner table knife. It can even be washed in the dishwasher! New Atlas reports: This hardy new form of wood is the hand.....»»
Watch this wooden knife cut effortlessly through juicy, medium-well-done steak
Also: A hardened wood nail performed as well as its stainless steel counterpart. Researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have figured out a simple, affordable method for creating natural wood materials that.....»»
Researchers make hardened wooden knives that slice through steak
The sharpest knives available are made of either steel or ceramic, both of which are man-made materials that must be forged in furnaces under extreme temperatures. Now, researchers have developed a potentially more sustainable way to make sharp knive.....»»
Wasteful steel-and-glass buildings fuel global climate injustice, says climate expert
Architects, contractors, planners and construction clients must consider building projects from a moral standpoint based on their lifetime carbon impact, a leading design and climate expert has suggested......»»
India: Low labor cost doesn"t necessarily mean low operating cost
India's per capita income is far lower than China's. Raw materials such as steel, coal and cotton are produced in India and shipped to China with processed products sold back to India. China's mobile phones, TVs and various commodities are sweeping t.....»»
Foxconn to develop anode materials of EV LFP batteries
Foxconn Electronics has announced a partnership with Giga Solar Materials, Long Time Technology and China Steel Chemical (CSCC) for co-develop anode materials of LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries for electric vehicles (EV)......»»
Samoa Scraps Daylight Saving Time
Samoa is joining Japan, India, and China in scrapping daylight saving time, which was first proposed in 1895 so entomologist and astronomer George Hudson could study insects at night. "Hudson is dead, so daylight saving is no longer necessary," write.....»»
"Green Steel": Swedish Company Ships First Batch Made Without Using Coal
The world's first customer delivery of "green steel" produced without using coal is taking place in Sweden, according to its manufacturer. From a report: The Swedish venture Hybrit said it was delivering the steel to truck-maker Volvo AB as a trial r.....»»
New York City"s hidden old-growth forests
In the popular imagination, New York City is a mass of soaring steel-frame skyscrapers. But many of the city's 1 million buildings are not that modern. Behind their brick-and-mortar facades, its numerous 19th- and early 20th-century warehouses, comme.....»»
World"s first "green" synthesis of plastics from CO2
By combining a CeO2 catalyst with atmospheric carbon dioxide, researchers from Osaka City University, Tohoku University, and Nippon Steel Corporation have developed an effective catalytic process for the direct synthesis of polycarbonate diols withou.....»»
Greenland scraps all future oil exploration
Greenland dropped all plans for future oil exploration on environmental grounds, saying the price of extraction was "too high.".....»»
Dutch queen and robot open 3D-printed bridge in Amsterdam
Dutch Queen Maxima teamed up with a small robot Thursday to unveil a steel 3D-printed pedestrian bridge over a canal in the heart of Amsterdam's red light district......»»
AT&T’s top unlimited plan removes throttling, upgrades HBO Max to 4K
For existing Unlimited Elite subscribers, AT&T scraps throttling, ups mobile hotspot data to 40GB, and offers 4K HBO Max......»»
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto speaks on Duolingo’s IPO and luring venture capital to the Steel City
Pittsburgh is known as the Steel City, but these days, the city is turning to startups rather than steel. Mayor Bill Peduto lead this charge since taking office in 2014. He recently spoke at TechCrunch’s City Spotlight: Pittsburgh event, where.....»»
Fortnite challenge guide: Visit Farmer Steel’s favorite places
It's not entirely clear which places are Farmer Steel's favorite. Here, we'll show you where to find all three of Farmer Steel's favorite spots in Fortnite......»»
Phase transitions lead to new advanced materials
Believe it or not, steel has something in common with bacterial appendages: they can both undergo a special type of physical transformation that remains puzzling. Now, researchers from Japan and China have used direct microscopic observations to prov.....»»
Pittsburgh’s Locomation puts a convoy twist on autonomous trucking
The Pittsburgh Strip District, once home to Industrial Age giants Alcoa, Heinz, U.S. Steel and Westinghouse, has evolved over the past decade into a technology and robotics hub, and notably, a testbed of autonomous vehicles. That activity has more.....»»