Eco-friendly, fire-resistant cladding material is made of recycled glass

Although glass is known for being fully recyclable, the US Environmental Protection Agency states that only about one third of post-consumer glass actually gets recycled. A new glass-based building cladding material could help boost that number.

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Pre-sleep light exposure linked to gestational diabetes

Gestational diabetes, a potentially dangerous medical condition affecting pregnant women, has been seeing a spike in recent years. New research shows that the reason may have to do with how much excess light a woman encounters before sleeping.

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Cloud security, hampered by proliferation of tools, has a “forest for trees” problem

Image: Ar_TH/Adobe Stock A new study Networks found that, on average, organizations rely on over 30 tools for overall security, and that degree of complexity is making for less security,…

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Desktop hand warmer uses focused IR LEDs to beat the chill

Folks who work on a computer at home, and also suffer from cold hands, can find keeping their digits toasty during winter months an expensive problem. Danish startup Varme has sought to address such issues with a power-sipping desktop hand warmer.

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