This episode celebrates five years of The Next Byte with a recap of 2025, highlighting standout episodes through The "Saucies" Awards, reflecting on major trends, sharing predictions for 2026, and thanking the global listener community.
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MIT's SustainaPrint gives 3D printing the "Hannah Montana treatment" by combining eco-friendly plastics with tough materials only where needed, delivering the best of both worlds with strong AND sustainable prints
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A new study uses advanced imaging technology to identify materials in municipal solid waste that can be separated for recycling or to produce energy.
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MIT CSAIL researchers developed SustainaPrint, a system that reinforces only the weakest zones of eco-friendly 3D prints, achieving strong results with less plastic.
Chris Cooper, collaborators to use AI to design new plastics that can be more easily recycled for a circular economy
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MIT researchers designed an electrolyte that can break apart at the end of a battery's life, allowing for easier recycling of components.
In this episode, we explore how Georgia Tech researchers took inspiration from seashells to turn weak, unreliable recycled plastic into strong, consistent material. This breakthrough could cut virgin plastic use in packaging and help tackle the global plastic waste crisis.
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TU/e chemist unveils groundbreaking closed-loop recycling technology powered by LED light.
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Using nature's approach to robust structures, aerospace engineering's Christos Athanasiou has created a process that makes normally unpredictable recycled plastic reliable and strong.
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The method's overall carbon emissions are on par with those of other green hydrogen technologies.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF (Fraunhofer IFF) is working to overcome challenges to e-waste disposal.
From shredded scraps to repurposed spool Fiberthree circular process slashes CO2 emissions by up to 90 percent, with recycled filament priced equal to new material.
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Giving a second life to construction materials after demolition, engineers at the University of São Paulo and Princeton have developed an approach for recycling cement waste into a sustainable, low-carbon alternative that is comparable in performance to the industry standard.
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According to new research, greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, and water usage are all meaningfully reduced when – instead of mining for new metals – batteries are recycled.
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A new study overcomes a key challenge to switching commercial aircraft in the U.S. from their near-total reliance on fossil fuels to more sustainable aviation fuels.
