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Joint Venture With Love’s Truck Stops Will Produce 80M Gallons of Renewable Biodiesel Made From 100% Waste
A giant agricultural company’s years of work on a renewable, sustainable diesel fuel is finally coming to fruition—and it’s made from 100% waste products.
A...
Researchers Create CRISPR ‘On-Off Switch’ to Control Inherited Genetic Problems Without Changing DNA
Scientists have figured out how to modify the unrivaled gene-editing tool CRISPR to extend its reach to the epigenome, which controls how genes are...
Scientists Make Microplastics Breakthrough, Devising Method to Trap And Remove Them
Microbiologists have found a way to use bacteria to trap microplastics, removing them from the environment and making them easier to recycle.
The new technique,...
Affordable Reef-Safe Sunscreen on Horizon as Scientists Create More Sustainable Way to Make Zinc Oxide
A new, more sustainable way to make zinc oxide—a key ingredient in many high end health and beauty products such as sunscreens—has been developed...
Drinking This Juice Could Help Promote Healthy Aging, Scientists Find
Drinking a certain root vegetable juice promotes a mix of mouth bacteria associated with healthier blood vessels and brain function, according to a new...
Coating Buildings With This Paint Might Cool Them Down Enough to Reduce the Need for Air Conditioning
In an effort to curb global warming, Purdue University engineers have created the whitest paint yet. Coating buildings with this paint may one day...
9 Eco Deals For Earth Day – Ways to Treat Yourself and The Planet
First celebrated 51 years ago on April 22nd, Earth Day was a holiday born of civic-mindedness, meant to celebrate nature in all her glorious...
MIT Scientists Spin Some Music Out of Spider Webs – And it Sounds Otherworldly (Listen)
Spiders are master builders, expertly weaving strands of silk into intricate 3D webs that serve as the spider's home and hunting ground.
If humans could...
Mountains of Garbage in Russia are Being Turned into Fashionable Accessories
A Russian fashion brand is trying to tackle St. Petersburg's mountains of garbage by creating an entire supply chain out of them.
Sifting through the...
Branson-backed Company Captures Mega Tons of Carbon Injected Into Concrete–and Amazon is Building Their HQ With It
The second-most abundant manmade material in the world is being employed by a start-up to 'jail' carbon dioxide produced by factories before it's sent...
Compounds in Amber Could Help Fight Drug-Resistant Bacteria Superbugs, Scientists Find
For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ancient amber for medicinal purposes. Even today, infants are given amber necklaces that they chew to...
Amid the Green Funeral Movement, Scattering Ashes Ensures These Forests Remain Pristine Forever
Across America, small parcels of forested land are being bought from private owners by a conservation group called Better Place Forests.
With the intention of...
Sir David Attenborough Backs This New Tech That Can Recycle All Plastics
A new recycling plant under construction in England features technologies that can break down any kind of plastic polymer into its constituent elements for...
Startup’s New Method to Recycle CO2 into Protein-Rich Animal Feed Gets $9 Million in Funding
An agriculture feed startup has received $9.4 million in initial funding for its technology that produces pure protein from CO2.
The protein would come from...
50 Years Ago NASA Sent a Map Into Space to Help Aliens Find Earth—Now They’ve Got An Awesome Update
Half a century ago, NASA scientists shot a map into space that contains the position of Earth for aliens to find—but it won't always...
How to Turn Plastic Waste From Your Recycle Bin Into Profit
This article, by Joshua M. Pearce of Michigan Technological University, has been republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
People will recycle...
The Ever-Growing Pile of Electronic Waste is Now On the Decline, Study Finds
A new study has found that the total mass of electronic waste generated by Americans has been declining since 2015.
In an age when most of...
Meet the Sea Slugs That Chop Off Their Heads and Then Grow New Bodies
Since the days of BBC's original Planet Earth, nature documentaries have brilliantly revealed the bizarreness of life. But, the behavior of a sea slug...
A New ‘Super Earth’ Has Been Discovered Near One of Our Galaxy’s Oldest Stars
A hot, rocky “super Earth,” near one of the oldest stars in the galaxy has taken a team of planet-hunting scientists by surprise.
The planet...
Federal Judge Orders Record Penalty Against Exxon for Thousands of Clean Air Act Violations
In yet another loss for ExxonMobil in a historic and long-running environmental enforcement case, a U.S. District Court judge has imposed a $14.25 million...