Key Points Flow time is used for measuring the total time spent on a project. Understanding how to improve flow time is a key tenet of Lean methodology. Cycle time measures the time taken for each ...

Twisted materials—known as moiré structures—have revolutionized modern physics, emerging as today's "alchemy" by creating ...

Environmental DNA analysis of microbial communities can help us understand how a particular region's water cycle works. Basel hydrogeologist Oliver Schilling recently used this method to examine ...

Only when reuse is no longer feasible would the wood be broken down into the next material stage, for example, as smaller boards, wood chips or wood-based materials.

The system, formerly known as VISTA, provides a detailed description of the simulation system, an example scenario with results, and a simple calculation tool, which can be used to calculate annual ...

The site provides a detailed description of the simulation system, an example scenario with results, and a simple calculation tool that can be used to calculate annual material flow in a selected ...

Deposition When material is dropped by the river. Deposition happens when river energy is low, for example when the flow of the water slows down.

The Hamburg -based company offers software and services in the areas of life cycle assessment (LCA), material flow management and material flow cost accounting (MFCA), resource and energy ...