Lubricating oils deteriorate and oxidize with use as well as accumulating particles from the engines and other machinery in which they are used. Ultimately, their effectiveness worsens and they begin to damage the components ...
Biochemistry
Jun 29, 2020
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More than a third of the food produced ends up being wasted. This situation creates environmental, ethical and financial issues, that also affect food security. Negative effects from waste management, such as bad smells or ...
Biotechnology
Apr 1, 2020
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New Australian technology that could fix some of the world's biggest environmental pollution problems—oil spills, mercury pollution and fertiliser runoff—will soon be available to global markets following the signing ...
Environment
Feb 18, 2020
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No-one who is economically active can afford to go without at least a mobile phone, and at the pace that electronic equipment is re-invented, it's only a matter of time before your 'latest' iPhone 11 ends up on a dump site.
Environment
Jan 17, 2020
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At her home in Roubaix, a former industrial centre in northern France that is now the country's poorest city, Magdalene Deleporte is making her own deodorant.
Environment
Sep 19, 2019
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Wasted food can be affordably turned into a clean substitute for fossil fuels.
Environment
May 23, 2019
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Mountains of garbage, plastics that take thousands of years to disintegrate, oil spills in pristine environments from drilling into the soil or underneath the ocean: When we go to Mars, is it inevitable we'll repeat the same ...
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2018
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Greenhouse gases and plastic waste are the targets of a USC Dornsife chemistry startup.
Materials Science
Nov 8, 2018
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Engineers at the University of Nottingham Malaysia have developed new technology to help the global palm oil processing industry reduce CO2 emissions and create renewable energy from its waste.
Energy & Green Tech
May 17, 2018
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Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific will switch to biofuels made from landfill rubbish on select long haul flights, reports said Tuesday, in an effort to cut harmful emissions.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 31, 2017
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