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https://engineering.jhu.edu/magazine-archive/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/HowardKatz_NEW_EDIT_THUMB.jpg300200Cars and computers spew a lot of heat into the atmosphere. A family of materials known as thermoelectrics can turn that waste heat into electricity. But thermoelectric materials developed to date have been expensive and contain rare or toxic elements. So Howard Katz, professor of materials science and engineering, is developing plastic thermoelectrics instead. Because...