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World’s First Ocean-Assisted Carbon Removal Plant Launched in Hawaii
A company in middle of the Pacific has created a unique system that takes advantage of existing infrastructure to pull carbon from the ocean.
The...
Bronx Housing Complex Comes With Giant Machine Stomach to Turn All Food Waste Into Fertilizer
A new community housing development in the Bronx will feature a cool piece of kit: an on-site aerobic digester that can turn 1,100 pounds...
Turning Seawater Into Drinking Water – With the Push of a Button
MIT researchers have developed a portable desalination unit, weighing less than 10 kilograms, that can remove particles and salts to generate drinking water.
The suitcase-sized...
Texas Scientists Have Created a Protein That Breaks Down Plastic Bottles
A 'Pac-Man' protein that gobbles up plastic and breaks it down could open the door to eliminating billions of tons of landfill waste.
The enzyme...
MIT’s New Paper Thin Speakers Can Cover Any Surface to Turn Your Room Into a Concert Hall
MIT engineers have developed a paper-thin loudspeaker that can turn any surface into an active audio source.
This thin-film loudspeaker produces sound with minimal distortion...
Scientists Invent De-icing Coatings to Cut Airline Delays by Lasting Longer Without Toxic Runoff
Airports delays are common, but especially during winter when jets need to be dowsed with thousands of gallons of deicing fluids to prevent ice...
New Transistor Could Cut 5% of World’s Digital Energy Use While Upgrading Memory Capacity
Inside nearly every piece of electronic equipment, there's a transistor—a simple component that receives a current and sends it in one or more other...
New Mesh for Crops Keeps Out Insects, But Lets in Sun and Rain for up to 3x the Yield
Researchers have designed a textile called Plant Armor that forces insects to navigate a maze-like path if they want to reach a farmer's crop.
Based...
Research Suggests Mushrooms Talk to Each Other With a Vocabulary of 50 ‘Words’
For people wanting their minds blown, the kingdom of fungi is a never-ending box of tricks.
Mycologists studying the underground filaments of fungi are observing...
Prunes Can Protect Older Women Against Osteoporosis, Says Penn State Study
A handful of prunes a day protects older women against osteoporosis, according to new research.
Levels of bone boosting hormone oestrogen drop after the menopause...
New Enzyme Discovery is Another Leap Towards Dissolving Plastic Waste With ‘Amazing Efficiency’
Scientists who helped pioneer the use of enzymes to eat plastic have taken an important next step in developing nature-based solutions to the global...
10 Super Food Combinations to Improve your Health – Like Apples with Leafy Greens to Lower Blood Pressure
If you want to boost your mood, combine your daily apple with some leafy greens, while mixing grapes with onion can lower your blood...
Scientists Develop Invisibility Cloak for Cancer Drugs
An 'invisibility cloak' for cancer drugs has been developed by scientists.
It hides 'good bacteria' from the immune system, enabling them to reach tumors undetected.
The...
Tiny Marine Microbe ‘Could Turn Out to be Secret Weapon in Battle Against Climate Change’
A tiny marine microbe which could turn out to be a 'secret weapon' in the battle against climate change has been discovered.
The single-celled microbe...
CRISPR Gene-Editing Tool Redesigned to be 4,000 Times Less Likely to Target the Wrong Strand of DNA
One of the grand challenges with using CRISPR-based gene editing on humans is that the molecular machinery sometimes makes changes to the wrong section...
City Trees and Soil Are Sucking More Carbon Out of the Atmosphere Than We Thought
(Original article by Jessica Colarossi, edited for length)
Boston researchers have found that trees and soils on the outermost edges of forests and city parks...
Guinness is ‘Brewing Good’ by Cutting Carbon Footprint of its Barley Farms
My goodness—Guinness is going green. The Irish brewery is launching an agricultural program to make its stouts more sustainable.
It’s already tapped 40 Irish farms...
Changing Your Diet Could Add Up to 13 Years to Your Life, Study Says
Small changes in our diets could reduce mortality from heart disease and cancer such that it adds 10-13 years to our lives.
Large dietary studies...
Mysterious Purple Coating Found on Mars Rocks in Every Direction
A presentation on data gathered from the Perseverance rover is trying to explain the ubiquitous coatings of unknown, dark grey, almost purple material on...
7 Things You Must Keep in Your Car – Learn From Stranded Drivers on Freezing Interstate Highways For 21-48 Hours
Recently, winter storms left drivers stranded on interstate highways in their cars— sometimes without food or water—for up to 48 hours. What can you...