Apple on the environment: Doing right for the planet is good for business
Apple is all in on addressing climate change.
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Researchers publish perspective on fuel cells
Fuel cells play a major role in creating a clean energy future, with a broad set of applications ranging from powering buildings to electrifying transportation. But, as with all emerging technologies, researchers have faced ...
Materials Science
Feb 15, 2018
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Clean smell doesn't always mean clean air
Some of the same chemical reactions that occur in the atmosphere as a result of smog and ozone are actually taking place in your house while you are cleaning. A researcher in Drexel's College of Engineering is taking a closer ...
Environment
Oct 29, 2014
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Are consumers more likely to purchase unintentionally green products?
A Fortune 500 company is redesigning a popular product using materials that are friendlier to the environment. How will consumers respond to the newly redesigned, "greener" product? According to a new study in the Journal ...
Social Sciences
Aug 26, 2014
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Disposable wipes are costing sewage systems millions of dollars
Several class-action lawsuits filed recently against the makers of flushable wet-wipes have brought to light a serious—and unsavory—problem: The popular cleaning products might be clogging sewer systems. But whether the ...
Other
May 13, 2015
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How capitalism ruined our relationship with bacteria
There are many rational reasons that motivate consumers to spend US$65 billion annually on household cleaning products. But non-rational mechanisms are nevertheless still at work in the cleaning products market, as in all ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 4, 2018
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Nature-inspired antibacterial metals
From aviation to medicine, various sectors are increasingly using materials that mimic the lotus plant, whose leaves have self-cleaning properties. Thanks to the bumpy surface structure covered with tube-shaped wax crystals, ...
Materials Science
Mar 15, 2019
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Bubble Wrap owner seals deal for floor cleaning robots
Sealed Air Corp. is buying Intellibot Robotics LLC in a move to expand its floor cleaning business.
Business
Apr 15, 2015
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Disentangling nature's contributions to international trade
Researchers have developed a multistep process to quantify the dependency of international trade and nature's contributions to people. With their new approach, which has been published in People and Nature, the researchers ...
Ecology
Feb 23, 2024
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Extreme weather leaves energy networks vulnerable to 'hostile actors,' Climate Statement warns
Extreme weather seasons are putting Australia's energy systems more at risk of sabotage, the government's annual Climate Change Statement warns.
Environment
Nov 29, 2023
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