Archive for 2018
Europe sets out to tackle its waste problems
Currently less than a third, or 30%, of the 25 million tons of plastic waste collected for recycling within the European Union gets recycled. By 2025, however, that amount will have almost doubled to 55%; by 2030, to 60%; and
Could bacteria soon help us meet some of our energy needs?
Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are aquatic microorganisms whose evolutionary lineage stretches back 3.5 billion years, right to the first stirrings of life on Earth. They were responsible for releasing the first oxygen molecules into the planet’s atmosphere, thereby
Wearable solar-powered devices may soon be on the way
The sun is an inexhaustible source of clean energy, but much of that readily available energy we have yet to be able to harness. Imagine, for instance, if we could carry some ultrathin solar cells with us embedded in our
Bees are ‘livestock, not wildlife’
Bees produce honey but they do far more than that for us. The flying insects perform invaluable functions in ecosystems by pollinating flowers, thereby helping plants to reproduce. These plants include vital crops that serve as our food from wheat
Experts: don’t shun nuclear for political reasons
When he witnessed a nuclear weapon detonating for the first time in history on July 16 in 1945, famed nuclear scientist Robert Oppenheimer felt the need to wax lyrical. “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds,” he declared,
Climate change is threatening our morning cuppas
If you like your morning cup of coffee, you are hardly alone. Some 2.25 billion cups of coffee are sipped and gobbled down daily around the planet. Nor are you alone in potentially losing your favorite cups of coffee because