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......»»
Microsoft Joins a Linux Foundation Nonprofit"s Effort to Decarbonize the Grid
"Microsoft has joined forces with LF Energy, a Linux Foundation nonprofit working to accelerate the energy transition of the world's grids and transportation systems through open source," reports ZDNet: Microsoft has become a strategic member of the.....»»
After 47 Years, US Power Company Abandons Still-Unfinished $6 Billion Nuclear Power Plant
America's federally-owned electric utility, the Tennessee Valley Authority, has spent billions of dollars with nothing to show for it, reports the Chattanooga Times Free Press. "Nearly 47 years after construction began on the Bellefonte Nuclear Pow.....»»
How COVID-19 upended our understanding of migration, citizenship and inequality
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the global system governing migration may not be sustainable. Temporary migration schemes including those for seasonal agriculture workers or those allowing for construction and care work no longer function when p.....»»
Intel to hold groundbreaking ceremony for new fabs on September 24
Intel is scheduled to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of two new fabs in Arizona on September 24. Company CEO Pat Gelsinger and local government officials will participate in the ceremony to mark what Intel claims is the largest p.....»»
The big problem of building waste and how to tackle it
How better technology and regulation could cut the waste generated by the construction industry......»»
Would you buy this $1,000 Fortnite shirt or $1,200 Far Cry 6 watch?
In the case of the Fortnite shirt, it comes from Spanish luxury fashion house Balenciaga, headquartered in Paris. It partnered with Fortnite to create a line of shirts, jackets, and hats, all of which are brutally expensive......»»
Signature approach reveals prized property in nanoscopic material
It took a nanoscale construction project on par with the much larger ones peppering Nebraska highways, but physicist Xia Hong is now directing the haphazard traffic of electrons well enough to analyze it—and, down the road, put it to use in next-ge.....»»
Modern activities follow the contours of ancient Teotihuacan
A lidar mapping study using a cutting-edge aerial mapping technology shows ancient residents of Teotihuacan moved astonishing quantities of soil and bedrock for construction and reshaped the landscape in a way that continues to influence the contours.....»»
Fortnite collaborates with Balenciaga amid cultural appropriation controversy
Fortnite's newest collaboration is with high-end fashion company Balenciaga, but it may be more tone-deaf than it is fashionable......»»
Three astronauts land safely after China’s longest crewed space mission to date
Three Chinese astronauts have returned safely from space following a three-month stay at the new Tiangong space station which is currently under construction......»»
Redoxdivergent strategy for construction of (Dihydro)thiophenes with dimethyl sulfoxide
(Dihydro)thiophenes, among the most common five-membered heterocycles, are widespread in a large number of natural products, functional materials, and biologically active compounds......»»
Tanso nabs $1.9M pre-seed to help industrial manufacturers do sustainability reporting
The climate crisis is creating massive demand for data capture as industries grapple with how to decarbonize. Put simply, you can’t cut your carbon emissions if don’t know what they are in the first place. This need to gather data is a bi.....»»
Gravity is launching an indoor charging hub in NYC with plans to scale
Electric vehicle fleet and infrastructure startup Gravity thinks it has cracked the code for urban EV charging infrastructure. The company, which was founded in February this year, announced its construction project to convert an indoor parking gar.....»»
New DNA-based chip can be programmed to solve complex math problems
The term DNA immediately calls to mind the double-stranded helix that contains all our genetic information. But the individual units of its two strands are pairs of molecules bonded with each other in a selective, complementary fashion. Turns out, on.....»»
Diamond Age raises $8M to speed up home construction with 3D printing and robot arms
Bay Area-based Diamond Age this week announced that it has raised $8 million. The seed round is led by Prime Movers Lab and Alpaca VC and features a slew of additional firms, including Dolby Family Ventures, Calm Ventures, Gaingels, Towerview Venture.....»»
Apple Is Preparing To Begin Construction Activities At Its North San Jose Office With a Portion Devoted To Affordable Housing
NicknamesAreStupid writes: As a follow-up to [last week's story about a large homeless encampment growing on the site Apple earmarked for its North San Jose campus], Apple appears to be using the promise of building affordable homes as a part of movi.....»»
AT&T Delays 500,000 Fiber-To-The-Home Builds Due To Severe Fiber Shortage
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AT&T says that supply-chain shortages will delay fiber construction to about 500,000 homes that it originally planned to wire up this year and warned that shortages are likely to impact other com.....»»
Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 review: Getting out of their own way
Earlier this year, Nothing launched the Ear (1) with a grand idea: earbuds as fashion accessories. Sure, the company talked a lot about the non-invasiveness of transparent design, but at the end of the day, the product’s launch on StockX betrayed a.....»»
Daily Crunch: Tiger Global leads $33M Series B for construction tech platform Agora
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day a.....»»
Patterning silicon at the one-nanometer scale
Researchers have developed an innovative technique for creating nanomaterials. These are materials only atoms wide. They draw on nanoscience to allow scientists to control their construction and behavior. The new electron beam nanofabrication techniq.....»»