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Brew your own carbon: Beer waste turned into high-value carbon materials

By Lisa McDonald / January 14, 2020

Spent grains from the beer making process are commonly used as animal feedstock. Researchers led by Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland offer a new, potentially more profitable recycling option—turn spent grains into high-value carbon materials.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / October 18, 2017

Atom-thick alloys with unanticipated magnetic properties, battery based on sodium may offer more cost-effective storage than lithium, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 18, 2017.

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Ceramic filter materials: Low-tech to WOW!-tech

By Jim Destefani / June 17, 2013

Discovered at Argonne National Laboratory, materials that expand under pressure contain large, fluid-filled pores that may enable their use as filter or storage materials. Credit: Argonne. Various types of ceramic…

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