These New Biomaterials Can Help Decarbonize Fashion and Construction
Designers are imagining a future where bacteria powers both clothing and cement—and their ideas are coming to a shop near you......»»
Progress made in construction of Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope
An enormous hole 22 meters in diameter has been dug near the summit of Cerro Chajnantor in Chile's Atacama Desert, at an elevation of 18,400 feet. The hole stands ready for the cement foundation on which the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST,.....»»
Special edition Paria Farzaneh Powerbeats Pro now available
Apple has collaborated with English-Iranian fashion designer Paria Farzaneh on a special edition pair of Powerbeats Pro – the yellow and purple design showcases the London-based designer’s unique style. These earbuds are exclusively on sale thr.....»»
GM supplier Glencore to invest $200M in GM battery recycling partner Li-Cycle
Li-Cycle says Glencore's investment will improve cash position, giving it reserves to finish construction on the series of projects. Both companies have key EV-related dealings with General Motors......»»
How AI and Technology Are Helping Firefighting
In the past, firefighters relied heavily on their own physical strength and endurance to battle fires. They would enter burning buildings without any sort of respiratory protection, and often had to rely on construction workers to help them break thr.....»»
Scientists discover greener route to widely used industrial material
Scientists from Cardiff University have taken a step towards a greener, more sustainable way of creating a plastic material found in a range of items from toothbrushes and guitar strings to medical implants, construction materials and car parts......»»
This is what the Salisbury Plain looked like before Stonehenge
The monument's builders didn't have to clear dense forests after all. Enlarge / Stonehenge as viewed from the northeast, showing the post-and-lintel construction of the Sarsen Circle. (credit: Timothy Darvill) Stonehenge was a.....»»
The First US City Government to Mine Bitcoin? Fort Worth, Texas
"Fort Worth, Texas, is now the first city government in the United States to mine bitcoin," reports CNBC. "[A]nd in an almost poetic devotion to the initiative, Mayor Mattie Parker oversaw the construction of a small mining farm in City Hall." Thr.....»»
The best Squarespace templates for blogs about food, travel, fashion, and more
If your blog is your bread and butter, you'd better be sure it's baked into a decent website. Being able to categorize posts, lay them out in an easy-to-navigate way, and break up walls of text with eye-catching imagery are all musts to keep readers.....»»
Webb Telescope Captures Five Different, Dazzling Views of a Nearby Galaxy
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Inverse: It only took 25 years of development, 17 years of construction, eight launch delays, and five months of alignments, but finally, the James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready for prime.....»»
Bio-inspired textiles promote sustainable fashion
While color is one of the primary indicators of sales success within the fashion industry, it's also one of the world's largest sources of water pollution. In fact, textile mills often dump residual dyes and hazardous chemicals into canals, streams a.....»»
Innovations in sustainable fashion
The global fashion sector, mainly the apparel and footwear industry, produced more greenhouse gases than France, Germany, and the UK combined in 2018, around 2.1 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions—approximately 4% of total global emissions, accor.....»»
California breaks ground on largest urban wildlife crossing
Construction has begun on what is billed as the world's largest wildlife crossing for mountain lions and other animals caught in Southern California's urban sprawl......»»
Teco Electric & Machinery to set up 60MW energy storage system for Taipower
Teco Electric & Machinery has won an open bid at NT$2.6 billion (US$91.2 million) for setting up an energy storage system with an installed capacity of 60MW for state-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), with construction to begin in April 2022 and b.....»»
New accelerator at Fermilab approved for construction start
The U.S. Department of Energy has formally approved the start of full construction for the PIP-II project, an essential upgrade to the accelerator complex at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The heart of the project is a powerful new supercondu.....»»
Kioxia, Western Digital to jointly invest in new flash memory fab
Kioxia and Western Digital have finalized a formal agreement to jointly invest in the first phase of the Fab7 (Y7) manufacturing facility at Kioxia's Yokkaichi plant in Japan's Mie Prefecture. With construction of the first phase of Y7 completed, the.....»»
This is the oldest known use of the Maya calendar
It was almost destroyed by a construction project 2,200 years ago. Enlarge / An artist's sketch of what the 300-200 BCE temple complex at San Bartolo looked like in its heyday. (credit: Stuart et al. 2022) Amid rubble buried b.....»»
A Japanese data center is using waste heat to farm eels
The White Data Center (WDC) launched for business last year in April, but construction of the facility is still ongoing. Meanwhile, efforts are being directed towards establishing a farming venture that will use recycled water warmed by its servers'.....»»
Collision hotspots for migrating birds revealed in new study
New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) highlights the areas in Europe and North Africa where the construction of wind turbines or power lines is likely to increase the risk of death for migrating birds......»»
PSMC to ramp capacity at new 12-inch plant in 3Q23
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) held recently a beam-raising ceremony to mark the completion of its new 12-inch plant construction at the Tongluo campus of Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), with volume production slated to kick off in.....»»
Tiny Lab-Made Motors Could Suck Pollutants From Air and Harvest Precious Metals
Slashdot reader sciencehabit quotes Science magazine: Tiny molecular machines make life possible. Spinning rotary motors generate the chemical fuel our cells need, miniature walkers carry nutrients, and minute construction crews build proteins. Now,.....»»