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This is kind of crazy since the technology to move away from leaded gasoline or fuels has been around for DECADES. The fact that anyone is still using tetraethyl lead as a fuel add…

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) have been around for awhile now just like how we have had carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene. These nanoparticles offer really a interesting strengt…

Pretty sure GE had a similar bottom slicing program and look at how that company has performed. They were once a big conglomerate and they are now a shadow of their former self. Co…

In the US (or at least in the Northeast) it's the responsibility of the people who live in those buildings or who own the commercial buildings to clean the sidewalks of snow. This …

Rammed earth you definitely need to be careful of the humidity and mitigation internal humidity is going to be important. Good technique though for arid/desert climates. Timber Fra…

My only issue with this was the steel potentially rusting over 1000 years. There is a lot of water vapor that moves in and out of a house and mitigation of that water is important.…