Following nature’s cue, researchers build successful, sustainable industrial networks
Structural characteristic of food webs provide guidelines for setting up industrial networksCredit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering By translating ...
Tag: Pollution/Remediation
What spurs people to save the planet? Stories or facts?
Johns Hopkins study finds it depends on whether you're Republican or DemocratCredit: Johns Hopkins University With climate change looming, what ...
Hydrocracking our way to recycling plastic waste
UD researchers report possible solutions for hard-to-recycle plasticsCredit: Photo by Evan Krape Millions of tons of plastic end up in ...
Quantifying the level of pollution in marinas
Credit: Universidad de Sevilla An interdisciplinary group of Spanish scientists, bringing together biologists and chemists from the Universities of Seville, ...
Study paves the way for new photosensitive materials
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Photocatalysts are useful materials, with a myriad of environmental and energy applications, ...
The future looks bright for infinitely recyclable plastic
A new environmental and technological analysis suggests that a revolutionary eco-friendly plastic is almost ready to hit the shelvesCredit: (Credit: ...
Collaborative research could help fine-tune the production of antimalarials, chemo drugs
'We're helping cells figure out how to tolerate chemicals for themselves'Credit: National Cancer Institute Much of common pharmaceutical development today ...
To design truly compostable plastic, scientists take cues from nature
New technology could steer plastics from landfills, oceans -- and into your backyard compost binCredit: UC Berkeley photo by Ting ...
New process makes ‘biodegradable’ plastics truly compostable
Polymer-eating enzymes embedded in plastic allow programmed degradationCredit: Christopher DelRe, UC Berkeley Biodegradable plastics have been advertised as one solution ...
Freshwater salt pollution threatens ecosystem health and human water security
Credit: Virginia Tech Water touches virtually every aspect of human society, and all life on earth requires it. Yet, fresh, ...
Filling federal oversight gaps
Deregulated US Government oversight on interstate waters leaves murky implications for statesCredit: University of Houston Law Center The familiar murkiness ...
The COVID-19 is a unique opportunity to move towards more sustainable and equitable society
Credit: Potterf, Maria [email protected] Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä highlight how the struggles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic can ...
Understanding our restoring force
Research team shows that restoration efforts can brighten an ecosystem's future, but cannot erase its pastCredit: Nash Turley An expansive ...
Stanford researchers use AI to empower environmental regulators
Credit: Nina Brooks Like superheroes capable of seeing through obstacles, environmental regulators may soon wield the power of all-seeing eyes ...