Recycling products from the inside out: Scientists tackle plastic pollution
What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are exploring this concept in one of their latest projects.
Sandia scientists working new concept to recycling plastics
Scientists at Sandia National Labs are working on a new concept to recycling plastics; recycling these plastics from the inside out. According to research from the ...
Plastic Triggered a New Geological Epoch—and the Evidence May Be in Bird Nests
Researchers reconstructed the history of an unusual 30-year-old bird nest based on the expiration dates printed on plastic ...
What's that microplastic? Advances in machine learning make identifying plastics in the environment more reliable
Microplastics—the tiny particles of plastic shed when litter breaks down—are everywhere, from the deep sea to Mount Everest, ...
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Birds' nests in Amsterdam are made up of plastic from 30 years ago
Coots' nests in Amsterdam are built using discarded plastic, providing a time capsule into the material's use over the past ...
From high school science project to $18.3M: AI-accelerated enzymes are coming for fast fashion’s plastic waste
A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan's high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic ...
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Buried History: The Woman Who Created the Home Pregnancy Test
This episode was originally published in 2014, and this episode is a republishing of the Feb 28, 2024 Encore, titled “The ...
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AI-driven, autonomous lab at Argonne transforms materials discovery
Argonne, UChicago researchers harness artificial intelligence and automation for electronic polymer processing ...
Megan Thee Stallion goes braless in daring dress for Oscars party – as Hailey Bieber walks red carpet without Justin
MEGAN Thee Stallion turned heads as she went braless in a VERY daring dress for Vanity Fair’s famous Oscars party. The Hot Girls Summer rapper, 30, along with a solo Hailey Bieber, pulled ...
Sirru Fen Fushi: an idyllic Maldives hideaway for eco-conscious travellers
With its buttery soft sand, candy coloured sunsets and glittering turquoise sea, Sirru Fen Fushi is the picture-perfect idyll ...