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They discover that cacti can serve as broadband Wi-Fi antennas

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, June 20, 2022
Although plants are supposed to restrict the performance of radio frequency transceiver systems (which is why the Wi-Fi signal becomes weaker in forests), they can also act as efficient biogenic elements, according to a study by an international team of scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MFTI, for its acronym in Russian) and Tel Aviv University.

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Scientists assess the potential use of volcanic ash to manufacture cement and concrete

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, June 20, 2022.
Scientists from the Concrete Science and Technology Institute (ICITECH), dependent on the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) in Spain, are studying various samples of volcanic ash from the Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma, in the archipelago of The Canary Islands in Spain, in order to assess its potential use in the manufacture of cement and concrete.

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