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Future environmentally friendly construction solutions
Information on the completion of an 8-storey wooden office building in Dornbirn (Austria) and a 9-storey apartment building in Lon Don (England) is a realistic demonstra…
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Hong Kong produces biodiesel from waste oil
Hong Kong entrepreneurs and investors from the Netherlands and the Middle East are currently cooperating to build a plant that converts waste oils into biodiesel.
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Production of aircraft lubricants from petroleum and coconut oil
Experts from the Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Center have developed the optimal aircraft maintenance technology from oil and coconut oil or palm oil, which reduces the co…
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Artificial rubber from biomass materials
The Japanese Bridgestone Corporation successfully studied high-cis polyisoprene (IR) synthetic rubber from Isoprene. This type of rubber is used in the car industry, mak…
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IAEA enhances the ability to analyze nuclear materials
On May 7, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it could meet the increasingly complex challenges of nuclear verification for at least the next 30 years. Th…
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Turn plastic waste into a racing car
After being used, pieces of plastic waste can be recycled to become materials for racing production, US scientists claim. New Scientist said recently that Oak Ridge Nati…
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Use butterfly wings to create green fuel
Butterflies have previously been classified as the most fragile materials in nature. However, Chinese scientists have recently discovered that the insect's wings are cap…
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Alternative energy from marine algae
Rapid growth in natural saltwater environments and high sugar content are two outstanding advantages that make seaweed a potential material for the production of biofuel…
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Philippines built classrooms with recycled plastic bottles
Philippine educators used recycled materials such as plastic bottles and glass to build classrooms.
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Again leaking radioactive water at the Fukushima plant 1
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) said it has detected about 10 liters of water containing Strontium radioactivity that has been leaked from the water treatment facil…
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Use red mud to treat metal pollution in waste water
Dr. Nguyen Trung Minh and his colleagues, from the Vietnam Institute of Science and Technology, have successfully researched to take advantage of the beneficial componen…
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Russia seized radioactive material about to send to Iran
A package of radioactive isotopes for research and medical purposes was seized at an airport in Moscow, when it was about to leave for Iran.
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Building environmentally friendly houses from industrial waste
A South African coal mining company is cleaning up the industrial waste they have thrown out into the environment, turning them into materials to build cheap and environ…
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Radiation from Japan continues to escape to the ocean
Waste water containing radioactive materials from Japan's Fukushima I nuclear power plants leaked to the Pacific Ocean.