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  • Developing Biodegradable Coating Materials Using Biopolymers
    Article - 5 Mar 2020
    Waste is a huge problem globally, and the problem increases as the population continues to grow, and urbanization progresses. The US represents a major source of waste; while the country only...
  • Can We Reduce Ocean Plastic Waste by Improving the Recycling Industry?
    Article - 23 May 2023
    This interview is with Alex Blum, the CEO of Applied Bioplastics and award-winning philanthropic filmmaker. Blum has had a fantastic career and heads a company leading the way in the bioplastics...
  • How Tiny Artificial Sunflowers Track and Harvest Solar Energy
    Article - 11 Mar 2020
    Researchers from the University of Los Angeles and Arizona State University have developed tiny artificial sunflowers that can automatically lean in the direction of sunlight.
  • Could 3D Printing Reduce Plastic Waste?
    Article - 14 Sep 2018
    Plastics are having a hugely negative effect on the environment; it is estimated that more than 300 million tonnes of plastic are produced globally every year, with only 10% of that being recycled....
  • Eco-Friendly Silk-Hydrogel Lenses for LED Devices
    Article - 11 Aug 2017
    Researchers have been searching for more ways to create green materials for use in electronic applications, in an effort to improve the environmental protection sustainability of electronic...
  • Magnetic Nanoparticles Capable of Separating Oil from Water
    Article - 16 Jun 2017
    To address some of the serious concerns surrounding the methods in which oil is removed from water in the event of a serious spill, such as those that have occurred several times over the past few...
  • Renewable Energy Embraces Graphene: Improved Wind Turbine Technology
    Article - 14 Nov 2013
    When Forbes recently surveyed green fund money managers, across the board, investors were bullish on graphene. Garvin Jabush, co-founder of Green Alpha Advisors, has predicted the material will...
  • Nanocellulose: Rediscovering Forest Resources
    Article - 27 Jun 2012
    Cellulose was first discovered by the French scientist Anselme Payen in 1838, when he noticed a resistant fibrous solid that remained behind after treating plant tissue with acids and ammonia.
  • Is it too Soon to Call 3D Printing a Clean Technology?
    Article - 15 Oct 2019
    3D printing has the potential to be a clean technology, but it is far too soon to claim it is entirely clean. From a consumer point of view, 3D printing represents a future reduction in manufacturing...
  • Converting Plastic to Hydrogen Fuel
    Article - 22 Oct 2018
    Plastic waste is a massive problem, there is no doubt about that, but ever since Blue Planet 2 aired on the BBC last year, attention has been firmly focused on what can be done to reduce the volume of...

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