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  • February 8, 2025
    From the perennial to the catwalk – introducing banana silk The textile industry contributes significantly to environmental pollution: Banana Silk is an environmentally friendly alternative to texti...Banana Silk: the sustainable alternative text...
    January 5, 2025
    A fungus may heal Chernobyl by drinking radiation In the ruins of Chernobyl, scientists have discovered a black fungus feeding on deadly gamma radiation, slowly growing toward the reactor core [&helli...A black fungus might be healing Chernobyl by ...
    December 12, 2024
    Magnet fishing is becoming a thing With the help of powerful rare-earth alloy, magnet fishers pull garbage out of polluted waterways   Magnet fishing is a unique and exciting hobby […]Searching for underwater treasure with magnet...
    December 10, 2022
    Biofuel is a big hit: in Japan, it is made also by ramen broth Soup’s on: the Amaterasu Railway trains run on biofuel made from leftover tonkotsu ramen broth   […]The train that runs on leftover Tonkotsu rame...
    September 10, 2022
    “LIVES” is an EU-Funded project waging war on the plastic that poisons the rivers Most of the plastic that spoil the oceans come actually from rivers. Tracing it back might […]LIVES, the project that is waging war on the ...
    November 19, 2021
    Digital artist has reworked masterpieces to inspire a conversation about the engineering advances Sympathetic reimaginings show how innovative agriculture, aviation, transport and buildings could help...18th and 19th century artworks reworked to im...
    July 27, 2021
    Countries are switching to polymer notes to save the environment For countries concerned about the environmental impact of the currency, a switch to polymer notes makes sense   As countries [&hel...The future of notes is plastic
    May 19, 2021
    eCommerce pollution is choking California, new rules are being set A plan aimed at the nation’s largest cluster of warehouses could set a template for restrictions on pollution elsewhere   [&he...eCommerce pollution: new rules are being set ...
    August 24, 2020
    Sustainable Bamboo. Stopping landslides by planting bamboo: protecting people, lowering carbon and binding the soil. Sustainable Bamboo is taking over in Africa. Could it be a solution somewhere else,...Sustainable Bamboo is Taking Root in Africa
    August 19, 2020
    Fibre from a relative of the banana tree could replace plastic in face masks and hospital gowns  Abaca is already used in teabags and banknotes   Global efforts to ban […]Masks made from banana-tree species cut plast...