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New Smart Pack Could Make Food Poisoning a Thing of the Past, and It’s Eco-Friendly
A new 'smart' form of packaging could eradicate food poisoning, according to a new study.
Scientists say it kills harmful bugs—such as E.coli, Salmonella, and...
Habitat for Humanity’s First 3D-Printed Home on East Coast Sold to Single Mom With Touching History
When April Stringfield took the keys to her new 3 bedroom house in Virginia, a special bit of history was made.
The new home for...
New Technology is Recycling Tons of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Canada and the U.S.
From smartphones to laptops and EVs, lithium-ion batteries are everywhere. Now a new company breaks batteries down and extracts around 95% of the valuable...
Bio-compatible Glue For Repairing Corneas – A Sight for Sore Eyes
A biocompatible, antimicrobial adhesive for corneal repair and grafting could replace sutures and conventional adhesives that have bad side effects.
An assistant professor of bioengineering...
Cardboard Habitat Pods Give a Fighting Chance to Animals Displaced by Wildfires
New habitat pods developed by an Australian University scientist might be the salvation of small animals trying to survive after wildfires sweep through.
Macquarie University’s...
Fashion Designer Makes Shoes that Grow into Apple Trees, Instead of Growing Landfills
The legend of Johnny Appleseed: the man who walked about Ontario and the northern United States spreading apple pips, takes root in a new...
Tap Water Produces a Protective Shield Against Microplastics, Scientists Discover
Tap water produces a natural protective shield against harmful microplastics, which can help prevent household products from releasing them.
That’s according to a team of...
New Sustainable Makeup Line Produces Cosmetics From Plants Instead of Fossil Fuels
One entrepreneur has launched a completely green long-wear makeup line that uses plants instead of fossil fuels.
In June, that entrepreneur received $8.2 million from...
UPDATE: Plant Opens to Change the Recycling Game by Breaking Down Plastic Bottles With Enzyme From Leaves
The French firm that has taken an enzyme found in decomposing leaves and tweaked it, so it can decompose plastic instead, has now opened...
Promising Results From Antiviral Pill May Change the Game for COVID-19 Effects, Finds Clinical Trial
Back in August, it was reported that a simple pill taken at the onset of symptoms for COVID-19 reduced the risk of hospitalization and...
Batteries of the Future Set to be Cheaper and Better – Thanks to Sugar
Simply by adding sugar, researchers from the Monash Energy Institute have created a longer-lasting, lighter, more sustainable rival to the lithium-ion batteries that are...
Charity Rescues So Much Food From Landfill, It Opens a ‘Pay What You Feel’ Grocery Store To Share Tons of Produce
In Vancouver, a new supermarket is opening specifically to get unwanted food and produce into the hands of people who need or want it,...
Arkansas Researchers Find Potential Cause of ‘Long Haul’ COVID-19 Symptoms
A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has identified a potential cause of long-lasting symptoms experienced by COVID-19 patients, often...
Irrigation System Talks to Plants to Find Out When they Need Water — Cutting Water Use by 30-50%
If only plants could talk, what tidings they could share! Fortunately for farmers, an agricultural company has 'translated' the biochemical signal related to certain...
Company Says its Multi-Day Storage Batteries For Renewable Energy Are the Holy Grail We’ve Been Waiting For
Unveiled after years of work, an energy startup in Massachusetts is claiming that in a few years they can produce, at scale, "the battery...
Sweat Could Power Smart Watches and Activity Trackers in the Future – Researchers Develop New Technology
Wearable electronic devices are great tools for health monitoring, but it has been difficult to find convenient power sources for them.
Now, a group of...
Huge Supply of Water is Saved From Evaporation When Solar Panels Are Built Over Canals
In an interview, famed astronomer Neil DeGrasse Tyson explained that we already have flying cars, in a way, because tunnels and overpasses allow cars...
Company Mimics Spiders to Create Lustrous Faux Silk That is 1,000x More Energy Efficient
By mimicking how a spider spins silk at room temperature, an Oxford University venture has created a high performance, biodegradable textile that is 1,000...
New Shipping Material Made From Popcorn Can Replace Styrofoam ‘Peanuts’
In a stroke of scientific genius, a German researcher enjoying a box of popcorn in a dark movie theater realized that the overpriced, butter-soaked...
Seaweed is the Food –and Fuel– of a Sustainable World, And it May Start in Australia
Australian scientists have been uncovering a near-unending list of ways kelp and other kinds of seaweed can help in the fight against climate change.
It's...