ECOncrete’s COASTALOCK interlocking concrete rock pools installed in San Diego Bay provide shoreline armor while boosting marine biodiversity and ecological community buildup.
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COASTALOCK Rock Pools: Rethinking Seawalls with Biodiversity & Shoreline Armor
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Hole-Riddled Walls Like Noise-Cancelling Headphones: How Bottle-Shaped Resonators Are Quieting Open Offices
Researchers embed bottle-shaped resonator cavities in walls and ceilings to cut low-frequency noise by 13 dB (~60% perceived), creating quieter open offices without foam.
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Printing at Blazing Speed: How Researchers Are Switching Inks Mid-Print Faster Than You Can See
Harvard’s multimaterial multinozzle 3D printing technique allows up to 8 inks to be switched seamlessly at ~50 times per second—making complex multimaterial prints fast and fluid.
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How Solar Panels Are Made: From Sand to Sunlight
Explore how solar panels are made—purifying silicon, cutting wafers, doping cells, encapsulating, framing—and what affects their cost and performance.
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Solar-Cell Fabric: When Your Clothes Become Power Generators
Japanese researchers developed a fabric woven with wafer-thin solar cells, aiming for clothing that charges devices — durable, flexible, washable solar clothing.
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Transparent Aluminum: How AlON Is Reshaping the Future of Armor, Optics, and Design
Transparent aluminum (AlON) combines glass-like clarity with diamond-like strength, transforming defense, aerospace, and optics with its unique properties.
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Bio-Concrete from Knotweed & Crayfish: Turning Invasive Species into Building Material
Designers create bio-concrete tiles using Japanese knotweed and crayfish shells, turning invasive species into eco-friendly, decorative building materials.
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FreeAxez’s Gridd System: Adaptive Raised Floors for the Tech-Driven Built Environment
FreeAxez Gridd® offers low-profile raised floor systems with built-in power/data channels and modular panels, letting offices adapt tech infrastructure with ease.
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BetaWare: Compostable Material from Sugar-Beet Waste & Molasses
BetaWare uses sugar-beet cellulose and molasses to create a compostable, plant-based material robust enough for functional items made via injection molding or pressing.
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