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Measuring Microplastics

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Addressing the issue of plastic pollution and microplastics may seem impossible, but it’s certainly achievable. Photo by Naja Bertolt Jensen on Unsplash.

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Because I’m a microplastics researcher, my friends sometimes jokingly ask me, “How many microplastics do you think I consumed this week?”

High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets Are Ready for Fusion

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Image: Gretchen Ertl
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In the predawn hours of Sept.

Direct Air Capture Is a Waste of Carbon and Money

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In his Quality Digest article published in February 2023, Michael Mills1 reported that the next version of ISO 9001 will add to clause 4.1, “Understanding the organization and its context” the words, “the organization shall determine whether clima

New NIST Database Helps Monitor ‘Forever Chemicals’

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Stain-resistant clothing, fast-food wrappers, and extreme weather gear such as certain jackets and pants—these products get many of their desirable features from a class of manufactured chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

What Does ISO 9001 Have to Do With Climate Change?

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Superficially, ISO 9001 and climate change sound different: ISO 9001 is about how to do things well so your organization satisfies its customers; climate change is about physical and chemical interactions in the atmosphere, and the consequences for our lives in the f

Riding the Wind

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Zach Grey, researcher. Photo credit: NIST.
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There is something wonderfully simple about a wind turbine gently turning in the breeze. 

Disposal by Type?

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Smart waste management is one of the core tasks within smart cities, i.e., those urban areas in which innovative technologies and data-driven solutions are used.

Reverse Engineering Explained

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Unlike the traditional engineering process of designing a part, product, or component from the ground up, many times in life we need to start with an existing item and work backward to solve a problem.

The European Union’s New Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation

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The European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached a provisional agreement last month on the 

Merging Science and Systems Thinking to Make Materials More Sustainable

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For professor Elsa Olivetti, tackling a problem as large and complex as climate change requires not only lab research but also understanding the systems of production that power the global economy.

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