Category: Materials
How can cloud computing contribute to cleantech?
Category: Advanced, Lifestyle, Materials, ProfessionAuthor : Admin September 18, 2016
Cloud computing, in which a number of data as well as processing are done in the “cloud” rather than at the client, is usually thought of as being in the realm of computer technology. The ...Read more
How did we live before plastics were invented?
Category: Biopolymers, Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Materials, Moderate, Solid WasteAuthor : Admin September 15, 2016
It was not long back that a person asked me at a conference: How did we live before plastics? Or perhaps the person meant “How could we have lived before plastics?”. Either way, I liked th...Read more
Can all plastics be recycled?
Category: Management, Materials, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin September 3, 2016
With plastics, specifically disposable plastics, creating significant harm to the environment the world over, a number of measures are being attempted to mitigate such pollution. One of these measures...Read more
Do bioplastics really work as a substitute for conventional plastics?
Category: Advanced, Biopolymers, Lifestyle, MaterialsAuthor : Admin August 29, 2016
What are Bioplastics? Bioplastics, which refer to plastics manufactured from plant sources, present a feasible alternative to petroleum-based, conventional plastics. Status of Bioplastics The biopl...Read more
How can agricultural waste provide sustainable materials and energy?
Category: Agriculture, Agro Waste, Biopolymers, Materials, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 27, 2016
The world generates millions of tons of agricultural waste every day. A country like India alone generates over a million tons of agricultural waste a day. A large portion of the agricultural waste ...Read more
What’s Wrong with the World? – Resource Scarcity
Category: Basic, Lifestyle, MaterialsAuthor : Admin May 3, 2016
Image source: Forbes There were just 4 million people roaming our earth in 10,000 BCE. This rose to about 265 million in about 1000 BCE. That might sound like a super dramatic increase, but actually r...Read more