Nanotech-induced cooling found to improve crop yields in arid climates

#agriculture #farming #nanotechnology #materials #water

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nanotech-cooling-crop-yields-arid.html

#goodnews #science #business #goodearth #engineering #materials #industry #climate #carbon #Boston #Massachusetts

Green Startup Boston Metal Now Has All the Ingredients Needed to Make Steel Without Emitting Gobs of CO2

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/green-startup-boston-metal-now-has-all-the-ingredients-needed-to-make-steel-without-emitting-gobs-of-co2/

[#TRADESHOW] 19th #Shanghai #International #Hosiery #Purchasing #Expo (#CHPE) will take place from March 24-26, 2025, at the Shanghai #World Expo #Exhibition & #Convention #Center. Recognized as the Global Socks #Flagship Expo, CHPE is #China’s leading #event for the hosiery #industry, #showcasing #socks, #pantyhose, #stockings, #fashion accessories, hosiery #machines, yarn, and raw #materials. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/19th-shanghai-international-hosiery-purchasing-expo-chpe/

[#TRADESHOW] 19th #Shanghai #International #Hosiery #Purchasing #Expo (#CHPE) will take place from March 24-26, 2025, at the Shanghai #World Expo #Exhibition & #Convention #Center. Recognized as the Global Socks #Flagship Expo, CHPE is #China’s leading #event for the hosiery #industry, #showcasing #socks, #pantyhose, #stockings, #fashion accessories, hosiery #machines, yarn, and raw #materials. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/19th-shanghai-international-hosiery-purchasing-expo-chpe/

Today I
* stressed over a failed $51 payment and spent a while on hold trying to find out what to do about it (more #mutualaid would definitely help here)
* made more progress on the solar panel bumper (drilled holes in the wood pieces and fastened most of them together, except for the top side expansion piece that has to be cut lengthways and is taking much effort so I am cutting it a bit at a time),
* fixed my saw's (missing screw to hold on its handle) problem with a coach bolt and nut,
* made a start on chopping up the motor housing for the swing arm motor I removed from the front of the bus yesterday,
* dismantled a higgledy-piggledy ladder for its wood and screws,
* and enjoyed some nice sandwiches.

I found this rather fine beige fabric inside a 1907 wall of my house. It wasn't embedded in plaster, but seemingly hung behind the wall panel. Possibly it's made of cotton. Does anyone know what this was called or what it was for?

3D-printed coffee and mushroom mix offers compostable plastic alternative

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-02-3d-coffee-mushroom-compostable-plastic.html

[#TRADESHOW] 19th #Shanghai #International #Hosiery #Purchasing #Expo (#CHPE) will take place from March 24-26, 2025, at the Shanghai #World Expo #Exhibition & #Convention #Center. Recognized as the Global Socks #Flagship Expo, CHPE is #China’s leading #event for the hosiery #industry, #showcasing #socks, #pantyhose, #stockings, #fashion accessories, hosiery #machines, yarn, and raw #materials. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/19th-shanghai-international-hosiery-purchasing-expo-chpe/

Hello #fediverse #introduction

I'm Michael, professor in the institutes of #mathematics and #materials science and head of the @MatMat group at #EPFL.

I work on the #atomistic simulations of materials, mainly density-functional theory (DFT) methods, understanding #simulation errors and #uncertainties in predicted materials properties.

I use techniques from
#physics #computerscience #machinelearning and
develop related #julia packages such as the density-functional toolkit (#dftk).

World’s oldest juniper shrub discovered in Finland—annual rings suggest it’s 1,647 years old https://www.byteseu.com/785853/ #Finland #Materials #Nanotech #Physics #PhysicsNews #Science #ScienceNews #Technology #TechnologyNews

By Deconstructing Buildings With Care, Materials Get a Second Life

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/by-deconstructing-buildings-with-care-materials-get-a-second-life/

Gary, Indiana, and the Long Shadow of U.S. Steel

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/02/17/gary-indiana-and-the-long-shadow-of-us-steel

https://archive.ph/pGD1n

Next-gen solar cells now fully recyclable with water-based method

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-02-gen-solar-cells-fully-recyclable.html

#stem #Science #materials #construction #sustainability #cool #Australia

Save on home insulation and infuriate the sort of people who want all your houses to look the same

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-02-22/super-cool-roof-heat-summer-winter-cold-fluorescence/104923710?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

A video going over the basics of different materials and why they look the way they do. While it uses terms related to 3d (diffuse, specular, etc) this focuses on higher level theory that can be applied to 2d and 3d work #arttip #materials #vfx #gamedev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdf0rlgCq88

#SciFi street corner made in #blender as #storytelling #lighting and #procedural #materials exercise

Ultra-light, low-speed, short-range #MicroEVs should not be built with carbon fiber composites—which are not and never will be #sustainable, by their very nature, despite their strength/weight ratio.

They should be built with 100% #recyclable #steel and #aluminium #bicycle (or at most #motorcycle) #technology, with #replaceable, #biodegradeable plastics where it makes sense (like body shells), and #natural #materials where possible (like #textiles).

#reading "Material World" by Ed Conway. Only a few chapters in but I already feel it's massively expanding my knowledge of how the modern world *actually* works #materials #industry #economics

[#TRADESHOW] 19th #Shanghai #International #Hosiery #Purchasing #Expo (#CHPE) will take place from March 24-26, 2025, at the Shanghai #World Expo #Exhibition & #Convention #Center. Recognized as the Global Socks #Flagship Expo, CHPE is #China’s leading #event for the hosiery #industry, #showcasing #socks, #pantyhose, #stockings, #fashion accessories, hosiery #machines, yarn, and raw #materials. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/19th-shanghai-international-hosiery-purchasing-expo-chpe/

[#TRADESHOW] 19th #Shanghai #International #Hosiery #Purchasing #Expo (#CHPE) will take place from March 24-26, 2025, at the Shanghai #World Expo #Exhibition & #Convention #Center. Recognized as the Global Socks #Flagship Expo, CHPE is #China’s leading #event for the hosiery #industry, #showcasing #socks, #pantyhose, #stockings, #fashion accessories, hosiery #machines, yarn, and raw #materials. https://cnbusinessforum.com/event/19th-shanghai-international-hosiery-purchasing-expo-chpe/