When crude oil is processed, a lot of grungy byproducts are left over. A new study indicates that a couple of those substances can be used to make low-cost carbon fibers, which could in turn find use in less costly carbon fiber composites.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: KAUST, Carbon Fiber, Oil
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Crude oil residues may find new life in lower-cost carbon fiber
Posted by ArielTechGeek 72 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Lego turns old rope and engine oil into millions of toy tires
Posted by ArielTechGeek 84 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Today I learned that Lego is the largest tire manufacturer by volume in the world – even though its tires are among the smallest on the planet. The Danish toy company is now making those tires out of recycled materials like fishing nets, engine oil, and rope.Continue ReadingCategory: Children, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Lego, Plastics, Recycling, Toys
with his glitching paintings, artist alexis mata draws on hallucinatory experiences during his travels through the deserts of mexico.
The post glitched-out oil paintings by artist alexis mata show at ‘the hole’ gallery in tribeca appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Philippe Starck creates "strange and surrealist" olive oil mill and museum
Posted by Ronnie 162 days ago (https://www.dezeen.com)
French architect Philippe Starck has created a red cube to house the LA Almaraza olive oil mill, museum and restaurant in Andalusia, decorated with symbols referencing the area's heritage. Read more
Plant-based racing engine oil is here to greenify motorsports
Posted by ArielTechGeek 179 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Love racing, but not a fan of the sport's carbon footprint? Idemitsu is hoping to bring that down a notch with its new Plantech Racing engine oil, which uses plant-based raw materials for more than 80% of its base oil. The company says this formulation's carbon footprint its 82% lower than that of mineral oil.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Endurance Racing, Racing, Oil, Envi
self-sufficient villages, bamboo gardens, and photosynthesis parks are fueled by mealworm fertilizers who break down toxic plastic into protein.
The post inxect island repurposes oil rig for plastic-filtering ecosystem powered by mealworms appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
AIM Architecture transforms oil silos in China into community park
Posted by Ronnie 351 days ago (https://www.dezeen.com)
Chinese studio AIM Architecture has transformed a series of former oil silos in Changzhou into Cotton Park, a mixed-use community space surrounded by a public garden and play areas. Read more
Human hair is being used to clean up oil spills
Posted by ArielTechGeek 386 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Lisa Gautier and her partner Patrice Gautier founded Matter of Trust in 1998 with the hopes of being able to tackle environmental issues. They soon met up with Phillip McCrory, a hair-dresser from Alabama, who had the idea for hair mats being a useful tool for oily-cleanup when he'd seen an otter being rescued from the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska with its fur matted in oil.Continue ReadingTags:
Tylenol can be made without coal tar and crude oil
Posted by ArielTechGeek 419 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
The popular pain-killing drug paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, has always been made from chemicals derived from environmentally damaging coal tar or crude oil. Now researchers have devised a greener way of producing the drug using wood from the poplar tree.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Chemistry, Drugs, Manufacturing, University of Wisconsin
Sandalwood oil extract an effective prostate cancer treatment in mice
Posted by ArielTechGeek 474 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A new study has found that, in mouse models of prostate cancer, a compound extracted from sandalwood oil was effective in slowing the onset and growth of tumors and resulted in cell death. Further research will explore whether the extract can be used to treat prostate cancer in humans.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Prostate cancer, Tumor, Florida Atlantic University
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