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Exploring the informal learning of zero waste lifestyle in Malaysia with big data analytics

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Malaysia's solid waste generation is showing a worrying increasing trend, while public awareness towards achieving zero waste remains low. As a big data resource, social media gives valuable insight into the public's perspective on zero waste and, as ...
Nur Suhaila Zulkifli, Latifah Abd Manaf
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From the Discovery of the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect to the Development of High‐Power‐Density Systems

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
The article overviews past and current efforts on caloric materials and systems, highlighting the contributions of Ames National Laboratory to the field. Solid‐state caloric heat pumping is an innovative method that can be implemented in a wide range of cooling and heating applications.
Agata Czernuszewicz, Yaroslav Mudryk, Jun Cui, Lucas Griffith, Duane D. Johnson, Julie Slaughter   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decarbonizing energy: Plastic waste trade for zero waste 2040

Advances in Applied Energy
Plastics are essential to human activities but also drive climate burdens and global pollution from energy-intensive material production and waste treatment.
Xiang Zhao, Fengqi You
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Architecture of an All‐In‐One Microfluidic Platform for Accelerated Cancer Seeding, Enhanced Spheroid Formation, and Dynamic Drug Screening Trials

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
An all‐in‐one microfluidic platform consists of two‐layered PDMS channels integrated with a hydrogel microwell array. This platform enables flow‐driven tumor cell capture, enhanced spheroid formation within the microwells, and advective drug testing. ABSTRACT Effective cancer drug screening requires platforms that replicate the physiological complexity
Omar M. Rahman, Shengxi Lan, Dae Kun Hwang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accelerating Discovery to Deployment: Argonne's Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) and Its Role in Scaling Materials Technologies for Water and Resource Solutions

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In this Perspective, we highlight the processing science and scale‐up capabilities of the Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, with an emphasis on practical solutions for sustainable water and critical resource recovery. We demonstrate how national laboratories bridge fundamental
Yuepeng Zhang, Bratin Sengupta, Xiaoao Shi, Haihui Pu, Jeffrey W. Elam, Gregory K. Krumdick, Jessica Durham Macholz, Allison Bennett Irion, Junhong Chen, Seth B. Darling   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon Free Boston: Social equity report 2019 [PDF]

, 2019
OVERVIEW: In January 2019, the Boston Green Ribbon Commission released its Carbon Free Boston: Summary Report, identifying potential options for the City of Boston to meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.
Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, Castigliego, Joshua, Cleveland, Cutler, Fortune, D’Janapha, Galante, Emma, Martin, Atyia, Perez, Taylor, Stanton, Liz, Walsh, Michael, Woods, Bryndis   +9 more
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End‐to‐End Sensing Systems for Breast Cancer: From Wearables for Early Detection to Lab‐Based Diagnosis Chips

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review explores advances in wearable and lab‐on‐chip technologies for breast cancer detection. Covering tactile, thermal, ultrasound, microwave, electrical impedance tomography, electrochemical, microelectromechanical, and optical systems, it highlights innovations in flexible electronics, nanomaterials, and machine learning.
Neshika Wijewardhane, Lyn I. Jones, Richard M. Martin, Helen Winter, Faezeh Arab Hassani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advances in Solid‐Phase Processing Techniques: Innovations, Applications, and Future Perspectives

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Based on practical manufacturing challenges, this review examines advanced solid‐phase processing techniques that overcome the inherent limitations of conventional melting‐based and traditional solid‐phase manufacturing, enabling the production of higher‐performance components at reduced cost through process innovation and improved supply‐chain ...
Tianhao Wang
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship between "Zero Waste" and Food: Insights from Social Media Trends. [PDF]

Foods, 2023
Šálková D, Maierová O, Kvasničková Stanislavská L, Pilař L.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

City Systems: Building Blocks for Achieving Sustainability and Creating Good Jobs [PDF]

, 2012
In this issue brief, we examine three different systems that underlie cities and keep them running: water, waste, and energy. Within each of these systems are opportunities for states and cities to modernize their local infrastructure, improve their ...
Anastasia Christman, Christine Riordan
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