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In A Nutshell Researchers created a biodegradable material from shrimp shells and trace nickel that grows nearly 50% stronger when submerged in water, a property never previously achieved artificially ...

Imagine a clear food bag strong enough to hold cherry tomatoes on the way home from the store, yet ready to dissolve harmlessly if it ever blows into the ocean. That is roughly what a team of ...

The new material is made of using plant-derived cellulose—the most abundant organic compound on Earth. In a major breakthrough against the growing threat of microplastic pollution, scientists in Japan ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in their quest to solve our microplastic problem. In a recent study published ...

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The Connectivity Standards Alliance that counts Apple as a member today released Matter 1.5, the latest version of the cross-platform smart home standard. Matter 1.5 includes support for cameras, ...

Healthcare is awash in single-use plastics. In U.S. healthcare facilities alone, more than 2,800 tons of plastic packaging and products are thrown out every day. Few people are more aware of this than ...

India’s dairy industry produces over 2.5 times more wastewater than the milk it processes, posing a major but underreported environmental risk. Natural coagulants offer an organic alternative to ...

Daniel James Jolly receives funding from the University of East Anglia, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, and the NERC ARIES doctoral training pathway as part of his PhD ...

Ordinary matter – basically, anything other than dark matter – makes up about 15% of all matter. But half of it has long been missing. Powerful bursts of radio waves emanating from 69 locations in the ...

Japanese researchers have created a breakthrough plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering a solution to ocean plastic pollution. Developed by the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter ...