Nappy change: Dutch to turn diapers into furniture
Fed-up with a growing mountain of stinking disposable nappies, a Dutch firm Tuesday started building the country's first recycling plant to turn poo into profit.
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Sep 18, 2018
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Antidepressants are changing animal behaviour – we're using technology to find out how
Antidepressants don't just affect human libidos. New research shows that female starlings fed food spiked with the antidepressant fluxoxetine (Prozac), were less "attractive" to males and so less likely to mate. This is the ...
Ecology
Aug 9, 2018
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Traditional Tibetan medicine exposes people and environment to high mercury levels
Many people view the Tibetan Plateau, or "Roof of the World," as a pristine alpine environment, largely untouched by pollution. But researchers, reporting in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology, have now shown ...
Environment
Jul 18, 2018
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We have no idea how much microplastic is in Australia's soil (but it could be a lot)
Microplastics in the ocean, pieces of plastic less than 5mm in size, have shot to infamy in the last few years. Governments and businesses targeted microbeads in cosmetics, some were banned, and the world felt a little better.
Environment
May 21, 2018
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Tracking wastewater's path to wells, groundwater
We often "flush it and forget it" when it comes to waste from toilets and sinks. However, it's important to be able to track this wastewater to ensure it doesn't end up in unwanted places. A group of Canadian scientists has ...
Environment
Jan 24, 2018
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Ohio concentrates effort to reduce harmful Lake Erie algae
Ohio's environmental regulators who have pledged to drastically cut what's feeding the harmful algae in Lake Erie will consolidate oversight of the work to make sure money is being well spent and research isn't overlapping.
Environment
Jun 26, 2017
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Where the Jordan stops flowing
A new study conducted at Tel Aviv University and published in the journal Water Research argues that Israel's Jordan River may be a useful case study for the challenges facing stream restoration initiatives around the world. ...
Environment
Apr 3, 2017
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Tunable porous MOF materials interface with electrodes to sound the alarm at the first sniff of hydrogen sulfide
A thin-film chemical sensor coated onto an electrode offers a simple, practical way to detect minute traces of toxic gas. Sensors that use metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) can be highly selective for a particular gas because ...
Materials Science
Mar 7, 2017
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How does Thanksgiving affect rivers? Sampling project aims to find out
Will Thanksgiving leave a mark on Milwaukee's waterways? UWM researchers think it will.
Environment
Nov 28, 2016
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Algal blooms lead to 'impaired' designation for Lake Erie
The state of Michigan is designating its section of Lake Erie as an impaired waterway because of damage to fish and other wildlife caused by harmful algal blooms, officials said Thursday.
Environment
Nov 10, 2016
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