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World's largest hydro-solar power plant enters full operation in China. High-altitude Kela photovoltaic (PV) power station in Sichuan total installed capacity scale will exceed 100 million kW, with annual power generation of around 300 billion kWh, sufficient to serve 100 million households for year (v.redd.it)
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According to Statista, the number of smartphone users in the world in 2023, are 6.92 billion. In other words, 86.11% of the world's population owns smartphone. it seemed that people are "surgically attached to their phones". A study suggests that probably it is affecting brain (JAMA). (v.redd.it)
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Dr. Ichiro Ario at Hiroshima University & his team have created the Mobile Bridge, a patented emergency bridge inspired by Origami. The scissor-like design of the bridge allows for easy setup and takedown. It is world's strongest, lightest, & largest temporary bridge & takes one hour to assemble!!! (v.redd.it)
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#OnThisDay in 1903, Marie Skłodowska Curie defended her doctoral thesis on radioactive substances at Université de la Sorbonne in Paris–becoming first woman in France to receive a doctoral degree in physics. Thesis cover: Recherches sur les substances radioactives (Research on Radioactive Substances (i.redd.it)
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NO DETERGENT, 80 SECONDS SPIN, A NEARLY WATERLESS WASHING MACHINE: 80Wash has patented an ISP steam technology that uses dry steam and non-ionising rays to clean fabrics using half a cup of water and no detergent. The Indian startup's machine is undergoing pilot trials. Would it be a game changer? (v.redd.it)
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Could these floors be laying the foundation for planet-friendly construction? ETH Zurich’s HiLo Unit Raises the Bar for Sustainable Concrete Design. The two-story addition to the NEST Research Building blends medieval construction techniques with digital fabrication technology. (v.redd.it)
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The world's largest wooden city, that extends over 250,000 square meters, announced in Stockholm, Sweden & shall be ready by 2027. In a similar manner & for similar reasons, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) built largest wooden building in Asia in a 43,500 square-meter facility. (al.se)
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Hornbills pair for life and have an unusual breeding behaviour. For 90 days every year, female great hornbills stay sealed in a hole, with only a crack to receive food for chicks & herself from their mate. Hornbills are good icons for family values, loyalty & responsibility. (v.redd.it)
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At the Baltic Sea known as the Fehmarn Belt, construction of the world's longest underwater rail and road tunnel is underway. The 18-kilometer passageway, due to be completed in 2029, will link Denmark and Germany. Trucks going through this tunnel could save up to 170kg of CO2 emissions per trip 🚚 (v.redd.it)
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The largest wooden building in Asia in a 43,500m square-meter facility. Project by NTU has already achieved BCA Green Mark Platinum Net Zero Energy Building award using sustainable construction methods such as Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction (PPVC) & Mass Engineered Timber (MET)!!! (v.redd.it)
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Arch dam is curved in the transverse direction & is held in compression by its own weight, the weight of the water it holds back, and the horizontal arch action of the structure. This design allows for dam to be built in narrower valleys or canyons where sides of the dam provide support & stability. (v.redd.it)
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