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The New AI-Powered Grid

The electric power grids which supply energy to the machines that run our modern way of life are some of the largest interconnected systems in the world. With an increase in energy demand, changing environmental conditions and the need to…

How Healthcare Harms the Planet

A knee replacement creates nearly 30 pounds of waste, and almost half of that is biohazardous materials that require a great deal of energy to treat for safe disposal. Cataract surgery releases 400 pounds (181.8 kilograms) of carbon…

Paving the Way for Stronger Alloys

In alloy research that is breaking new ground, University of Birmingham scientists described how microscopic crystals grow and change shape in molten metals, paving the way for improving the tensile strength of alloys used in casting and…