ZURICH, Switzerland, October 23, 2023 (ENS) – Scientists are finding innovative ways of turning waste into problem-solving products – even the 102 million tonnes of chicken feathers produced globally each year by the industrial processing of chickens for meat. The waste feathers have been sent to landfills or incinerated, but now there are ways to transform them into valuable products from fuel cell membranes to oil spill dispersants.
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An international project led by the Graz University of Technology brings together 15 universities, companies and research institutions with the single goal of training urgently needed specialists for the European semiconductor industry, expected to boom now that the European Chips Act took effect in September.
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AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, October 12, 2023 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) – The artificial intelligence (AI) industry could consume as much energy as a country the size of the Netherlands by 2027, new research shows. Data centers run 24/7; most are powered by fossil fuels. Today, the world’s data centers account for 1% of the global electricity demand, states the International Energy Agency, and about 4% of all greenhouse gas emissions, more than the aviation industry.
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