During the nearly five decades of its operation, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg has developed many fruitful collaborations with other scientific institutions located in the Hamburg metropolitan ...
Biotechnology
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Australia produces more than enough food to feed our population. Yet a third of all the food we produce is currently ending up in the dump, and food insecurity is on the rise.
Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2023
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Plastic pollution is an urgent environmental issue, globally. Every year, about eight million tons of plastic end up in the oceans.
Environment
Nov 15, 2023
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Removing pollutants from wastewater using adsorbents like activated carbon is often unsustainable. Once saturated, these adsorbents need to be regenerated which can require high temperatures. Pierre Oesterle's thesis shows ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 2, 2023
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Researchers from Boston University published a Journal of Marketing study showing that tapping into consumers' sense of ownership prompts them to place a higher value on products from a circular economy.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2023
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A well-known study published in the journal Science showed that some 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic polymer had been produced and discarded in human history, and that only 9% had been recycled; 12% had been incinerated ...
Environment
Oct 27, 2023
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Highly processed building waste, which usually ends up in landfill, can be used to grow tomatoes, a study from the University of Portsmouth has found. The paper is published in Construction and Building Materials.
Biotechnology
Oct 11, 2023
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Food waste is a global problem with approximately 1.3 billion tons of food wasted each year throughout the food lifecycle—from the farm to food manufacturers and households.
Biochemistry
Sep 27, 2023
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A more sustainable method of creating methanol—a key component of fuels, plastics, and medicines—has been developed by Cardiff University scientists and an international team of collaborators.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 25, 2023
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The slums in the Global South hold the key to building circular cities in other developing countries, according to Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers.
Environment
Sep 18, 2023
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