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New Strategies Could Help Californians to Sustain with Less Water

As climate change and population growth make drinking water costlier, here are six strategies to quench the state’s thirst without busting its budget.

21 May 2020

Researchers Develop Faster, More Efficient Process to Recycle Bioplastics

Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Bath have designed a more rapid and more effective way of recycling plant-based “bioplastics.”

21 May 2020

Researchers Estimate the Recycling Efficiency of Marine Microbes

A team of researchers from the Biology Centre Czech Academy of Sciences (Budweis, Czechia), MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen (Germany), and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (Bremen, Germany) have estimated that these chemoautotrophs recycle approximately 5 per cent of the carbon and phosphorus assimilated by marine algae and release terragrams (1012 g) of dissolved organics to the ocean interior each year.

13 May 2020

New Membrane-Based Technique to Recover Ammonia from Urine

Ammonia is an essential component of fertilizer and it plays a crucial role in assisting plant growth and ultimately offers food for populations worldwide.

7 May 2020

Method for Recycling Used Nuclear Fuel Could Reduce Waste

Engineering researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a simple, proliferation-resistant technique for isolating different constituents of nuclear waste.

5 May 2020

New Method to Recycle Used Polyurethane into Equivalent or Higher-Value Items

Several products are made of polyurethanes (PUs), for example, insulation, mattresses, construction materials, and footwear.

30 Apr 2020

Cellulose-Based Steam Generator for Purification and Desalination of Water

Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics of Linköping University have used natural and inexpensive materials like cellulose to develop a highly efficient steam generator for the desalination and purification of water.

21 Apr 2020

Food Waste and the Best Valorization Path

Scientists are aiming to determine the most optimal valorization paths for restaurant food scraps. Among the potential lives for restaurant scraps, the group is trying to find which one offers the most value and which one is highly effective.

2 Apr 2020

Single-use Plastics to be Banned in Wales from 2021

Image Credit: Clare Mc Ewen / Shutterstock.com From next year, Wales will ban single-use plastics such as cutlery, straws, and polystyrene containers in a move that will strengthen its position as one of the world&r...

18 Mar 2020