A team led by researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied how microplastics in the environment accumulate heavy metals. As the microplastics spread, so does their toxic cargo. Focusing on polystyrene foam, the ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 10, 2023
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A team of scientists, from the University of Bath's Department of Chemistry and Institute for Sustainability have found a way to create two of the world's most common painkillers, paracetamol and ibuprofen, out of a compound ...
Biochemistry
Jul 5, 2023
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Researchers at McMaster University have created a new packaging tray that can signal when Salmonella or other dangerous pathogens are present in packages of raw or cooked food such as chicken.
Biochemistry
Jul 5, 2023
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Nigeria, like many other Sub-Saharan Africa countries, has a waste management problem. The Nigerian National Municipal Waste Management Policy (2020) gives no estimate but states that, "Nigeria produces a large volume of ...
Environment
Jul 3, 2023
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Physicists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an innovative method of converting human hair waste into a functional material that can be used to encrypt sensitive information or detect environmental ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 30, 2023
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It's cheap, recycled, and has centuries of tradition: "shimogoe" or "fertilizer from a person's bottom" is finding new favor in Japan as Ukraine's war hikes the price of chemical alternatives.
Agriculture
Jun 30, 2023
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As consumers, we are becoming more communal. Among other products we now share with strangers are shampoo and body wash in containers affixed to hotel suite showers as well as hand sanitizers in public dispensers at gyms, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2023
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Beer is the most consumed beverage in the world after water and tea, and beer brewing generates large amounts of grain waste, which today has a low value. But now a research project at the University of Borås, Sweden, shows ...
Biotechnology
Jun 26, 2023
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The most consumed drink in the world has more benefits than just keeping us awake. Spent coffee grounds can be used as a soil amendment and compost ingredient, while liquid coffee acts as an effective slug killer.
Ecology
Jun 26, 2023
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In its fight against both climate change and rats, the New York City Council overwhelmingly passed a new ordinance earlier this month that will require residents to dispose of food scraps and yard waste in vermin-proof curbside ...
Environment
Jun 23, 2023
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