CLIMERICK: Materials Science is Where You Will Find, by Trevor Thorn

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Materials Science is where

you will find a great body of care

for sustainability

at scale capability.

Financiers, Go! Invest there.

 

In the September 2024 issue of Materials World are articles on bringing colour to solar panels making them more attractive to architects; recycling of critical metals from spent alkaline batteries, improved recycling of solid state lithium batteries; The next generation of smart offshore windfarms; how precise measurement is vital in the race to net zero and 3D printing of natural material flooring panel (to replace steel) and more

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CLIMERICK: When Next You are Eating a Spud by Trevor Thorn

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When next you are eating a spud,

Think! Its flowers, stalks and leaves were just crud.

But research has found

that this garbage abounds

with fibres for fashion – that’s good!

 

Article in The New Scientist 7^th September 2024 reports on the findings by a team at Imperial College London that the fibres from the above-the-ground waste from potatos (estimated to be 150million tonnes a year) can be used as a cotton fibre substitute,with the potential of saving huge crop space and diminishing water usage.

  

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