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Portable toilets run on biogas
New technology

Portable toilets run on biogas

Japan's largest sanitary ware company, TOTO, has launched portable toilets powered by biogas. This is part of a campaign to reduce the amount of CO2 emitted by toile…

December 11, 2018
Turn urine into rocket fuel
New technology

Turn urine into rocket fuel

Scientists have discovered a bacterium that can turn ammonium, which is found in urine, into hydrazine - a fuel for propulsion.

December 11, 2018
Fuel cells purify water and generate electricity
New technology

Fuel cells purify water and generate electricity

Yanbiao Liu and his colleagues from Jiao Tong University in Shanghai have been successful in designing and manufacturing a device that can both clean wastewater and prod…

December 11, 2018
Making rich from paper scraps
New technology

Making rich from paper scraps

Flexoresearch has successfully built a series of synthetic enzyme solutions, extracted from mushrooms, that turn waste paper into useful products.

December 11, 2018
Applied science: alternative energy source
New technology

Applied science: alternative energy source

The reserves of oil and metal on Earth will at some point be exhausted. The creature is entirely different. They are reproducible - meaning they are realistic

December 11, 2018
Ash replacement cement
New technology

Ash replacement cement

Be aware that the rivers change color from green to dark yellow or red color of rice husks removed by mills, ...

December 11, 2018
Build solid houses from clay
New technology

Build solid houses from clay

Compared with traditional cement production technology, the cost of producing inorganic cement is only 50% and limiting to 80% of emissions.

December 11, 2018
Vehicles pulled by sunlight
New technology

Vehicles pulled by sunlight

Do not waste toxic gases, without using gasoline, solar powered battery-powered vehicles will change the lives of several million cars in India

December 11, 2018