Environment
Whiskey - potential biofuel for cars
Celtic Renewables used fermentation to convert whiskey by-products into biochemicals that could replace gasoline and diesel.
Waste
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Science invention
The world's first LED light made from rice husks
The team from Hiroshima University utilizes discarded rice husks to develop eco-friendly red-orange LEDs.
Environment
Strange fungus has the ability to 'recycle' plastic and rubber waste
The new fungus discovered in southwestern China is a very
Environment
Russian scientists turn dangerous nuclear waste into ceramics
The new technology is based on a new absorber, which effectively concentrates radionuclides from various nuclear wastes and turns them into ceramics after a special heat…
Scientific works
Nuclear waste vault safe for 100,000 years
Onkalo tunnel is located at a depth of more than 400 meters underground, specializing in storing highly radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, expected to operate…
Environment
14 simple ways to reduce plastic waste
Plastic is almost everywhere in life, and you can even chew it every day like gum. How serious is the problem of plastic waste?
Food safety
Why insects could be the key to food security?
Experts at Wageningen University believe that adding insects to the diet can help move the world towards a more sustainable future.
Science story
The risk of leaking radioactive waste across Europe from the Chernobyl nuclear plant
Fighting between Russia and Ukraine that broke out around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant could tamper with nuclear waste, causing dangerous radioactive material to sp…
Environment
Strange story in the world: Using more than 100,000 diapers to pave the highway
A motorway is under construction in west Wales and this is a pilot project on environmental protection related to used diapers.
Science story
Astronauts have diarrhea, flying stools in spacecraft and things NASA has never told
You may not know, astronauts' feces will be released into the atmosphere and they will burn like meteors.
Scientific application
Successfully extracted rare earth element from waste
Rice University has successfully recovered rare earth elements from trash with important properties for electronics and green technology.
Environment
Turn non-recyclable plastic waste into building blocks
American startup ByFusion proposes an effective recycling solution to help reduce plastic pollution in the world.
Environment
The dark side of the fashion industry 'instant noodles'
Every year, about 39,000 tons of discarded clothes are deposited in the Atacama Desert. For ease of visualization, it is roughly equivalent to the mass of 27,000 midsize…
Animal world
Many sea creatures form flocks and nest on plastic trash floating in the ocean
Called the neo-ocean community, swarms of these creatures are growing in the Pacific Garbage Island area and drifting with the currents.
Environment
How does plastic waste move around the Earth?
New NASA graphic shows the path of microplastics around the oceans across the Earth's surface.