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jaihobah

The innovation turning desert sand into farmland - 1 views

www.bbc.com/...business-43962688

Chem science BIO

shared by jaihobah on 04 May 18 - No Cached
  • jaihobah on 04 May 18
     
    Norwegian scientist Kristian Morten Olesen has patented a process to mix nano-particles of clay with water and bind them to sand particles to condition desert soil - he has been working on Liquid Nanoclay (LNC) since 2005.
  • Dario Izzo on 04 May 18
     
    The news here that some patent has been filed. If it actually works the guy is an ass for wanting to patent something that is solving world hunger. If it does not, then the guy is still an ass. So the news is that this guy is an ass :)
  • jaihobah on 04 May 18
     
    Agreed :) But, if it does work I doubt the guy will be able to enforce the patent in most of the countries where this will be helpful.
koskons

Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk - 1 views

www.bbc.com/...business-55463366

technology space

shared by koskons on 06 Jan 21 - No Cached
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  • koskons on 06 Jan 21
     
    Couldn't find more details on this but sounds interesting.
  • LeopoldS on 07 Jan 21
     
    interesting indeed as a concept and to explore how far one can go to overcome some of the natural deficiencies of wood. regarding the main purpose of debris avoidance, it's typically not the structure that survives re-entry and one would have to see the environmental effect of what would be released in the atmosphere when burning.
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