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Biotechnology Apr 11, 2024

Researchers develop method to extract useful proteins from beer-brewing leftovers

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have created a method that extracts more than 80% of the available protein in grain leftovers from brewing beer, commonly known as brewers' spent ...

Analytical Chemistry Mar 28, 2024

Promising advances in organosilica membranes for separating organic liquid mixtures

In many chemical-related industries, such as pharmaceuticals, oil refineries, and food and beverage factories, separating organic liquid mixtures is an essential step. A staple method to achieve this is distillation, which ...

Biochemistry Mar 19, 2024

Is food waste the key to sustainable, plastic-free diapers and sanitary pads?

Once thrown away, disposable items such as diapers and sanitary pads can take hundreds of years to decompose, because their absorbent parts and waterproof layers contain plastics and other synthetic polymers. But now, researchers ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 5, 2024

Team describes how to produce 'green' steel from toxic red mud

The production of aluminum generates around 180 million tons of toxic red mud every year. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, a center for iron research, have now shown how green steel can be produced ...

Materials Science Jan 10, 2024

A magnetically actuated acoustic metamaterial

Space coiling acoustic metamaterials are static and require manual reconfiguration for sound-field modulation. In a new report published in Communications Materials, Christabel Choi, and a team of scientists in computer science ...

Earth Sciences Dec 1, 2023

COP28: The climate summit's first Health Day points to what needs to change in New Zealand

Climate change has many effects, but one of the most significant will feature for the first time at COP28—its impact on human health.

Biotechnology Nov 16, 2023

Japanese scientists find a simple method for cultivating an edible, highly nutritious microalgae

Euglena (Euglena gracilis) is a microalga containing chloroplasts and producing organic matter through photosynthesis in a well-lit environment, while taking in organic matter from outside in an unlit environment. It is known ...

Economics & Business Nov 10, 2023

Why more food, toiletry and beauty companies are switching to minimalist package designs

For decades, marketers of consumer goods designed highly adorned packages, deploying bold colors, snazzy text, cartoons and illustrations to seize the attention of shoppers. Conventional wisdom held that with thousands of ...

Environment Oct 24, 2023

Doing laundry by hand sheds just as many microfibers as machine washing—new research

Between 6,500 and 87,000 tons of microfibers are shed during domestic laundering every year in the UK. Many of these minuscule fibers end up in rivers and oceans, with devastating consequences for aquatic animals and environments.

Economics & Business Oct 19, 2023

How fintech firms can advance sustainability goals

"Impact Fintech" is a new term coined by researchers at the University of Waterloo's School of Environment, Enterprise and Development which describes a new category of financial technology firm—one that moves beyond ESG ...

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