Cutting-edge ‘cooling glass’ can keep your home cool without electricity
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In the quest to combat rising global temperatures and reduce carbon emissions, researchers have developed a new “cooling glass”.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 24, 2023
Gamechanging new type of glass generates free electricity
ClearVue PV has introduced a revolutionary solar glass, promising to transform building surfaces into energy-efficient power generators.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 20, 2023
Project Silica: The Future of Sustainable Digital Storage Rests in a Pane of Glass
Microsoft's 'Project Silica' is setting the stage for a revolution in data storage shifting to an innovative glass-based medium.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 21, 2023
Game-changing new glass is 10x more crack resistant than current options
In a world increasingly concerned with sustainable living and eco-friendly choices, LionGlass is nothing short of revolutionary.
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 2, 2023
New glass cuts carbon by 50% and is 10x more damage resistant
Glass manufacturing produces at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. A new type of glass promises to cut this in half.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 19, 2023
Scientists develop the first-ever eco-friendly, biodegradable, biorecyclable glass
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly glass of biological origin made from biologically derived amino acids or peptides.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 27, 2022
Groundbreaking quantum fibers revolutionize high-speed data transmission
The most common way of data transmission nowadays is through conventional optical fibers - one single core channel transmits the information
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 4, 2022
Breakthrough in determining life's origin on Earth — and maybe Mars
For several hundred million years after the Moon formed, frequent impacts coupled with abundant volcanism on the planet formed basaltic lava
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 26, 2021
‘Super jelly’ can survive being run over by a car
Researchers have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the weight of an elephant, and completely recover its original shape.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 4, 2021
Is Transparent Wood the Window to the Future
Could looking through trees be the view to a greener future? Trees replacing the clear pane glass in your windows is happening now.
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