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MIT students fortify concrete by adding recycled plastic

Adding bits of irradiated plastic water bottles could cut cement industry’s carbon emissions. [caption id="attachment_13438" align="alignnone" width="639"] “Our technology takes plastic out of the landfill, locks it up in concrete, and also uses less cement…

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A new self-charging electric bike on its way

A design team in South Korea has revealed a new self-charging electric bike design concept “Hybrid Module Mobility”. [caption id="attachment_13433" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Professor Yunwoo Jeong’s team at at IAA Frankfurt 2017. Clockwise from top left…

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How cities can fight climate change most effectively

Energy-efficient construction is key to lowering urban emissions, study finds.   [caption id="attachment_13430" align="alignnone" width="646"] Researchers looked at 11 metro areas — including Atlanta, Georgia, pictured — to examine how much local emissions-reductions programs can…

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New way to prevent unfavorable intestinal microbiota

A physiological approach to restore the gut’s ecosystem in various diseases by using antimicrobial peptides has been developed by Hokkaido University scientists. [caption id="attachment_13418" align="alignnone" width="768"] The administration of R -Spondin1 resulted in the increased…