Recyclable bioplastics cooled down, cooked up in chem lab
The textbooks and journals said it couldn't be done.
The textbooks and journals said it couldn't be done.
Polymers
Dec 3, 2015
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In a UK-wide study, researchers have found that 60% of home-compostable plastics do not fully disintegrate in home compost bins, and inevitably end up in our soil. The study also found that citizens are confused about the ...
Environment
Nov 3, 2022
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Golfers on the high seas can breathe a little easier -- and so can the marine life around them -- thanks to researchers at the University of Maine. In conjunction with The Lobster Institute, UMaine Biological and Chemical ...
Materials Science
Mar 30, 2011
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The oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) rig in 2010 contaminated more than 1,000 square miles of seafloor. The complexity of the event has made it difficult ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2016
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"Bioplastics" that are naturally synthesized by microbes could be made commercially viable by using waste cooking oil as a starting material. This would reduce environmental contamination and also give high-quality plastics ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 3, 2012
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Can Peepoo stop the flying toilet? A small Swedish company believes so. At the World Water Forum in Marseille, it is promoting a cheap, smart fix for the world's billion slumdwellers.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 13, 2012
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Researchers at Ghent University (Belgium, Europe) have developed a process that turns grass into biofuel.
Biotechnology
Apr 3, 2017
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Plastics surround us. A vital manufacturing ingredient for nearly every existing industry, these materials appear in a high percentage of the products we use every day. Although modern life would be hard to imagine without ...
Environment
Mar 19, 2010
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Wastewater from large dairy farms contains significant concentrations of estrogenic hormones that can persist for months or even years, researchers report in a new study. In the absence of oxygen, the estrogens rapidly convert ...
Environment
Jun 5, 2012
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The development of petroleum-based plastics is one of the crowning achievements of the 20th century, but they come with a hefty cost.
Materials Science
Jul 28, 2016
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