EPIC Academy: A Free Online Course Diving Deep into Ocean Plastics
A new online curriculum is equipping people of all ages with in-depth knowledge of plastics and their
Electronic Waste Recycling With the Help of Bacteria
Recycling e-waste still presents us with major challenges, partly because the individual components are difficult to separate from one another. However, researchers are developing a new method – with the…
Racoon: The Digital Recycling Bin That Separates Your Waste and Hands Out Rewards
Around a quarter of waste entered into recycling bins is actually non-recyclable. A new camera-equipped rubbish bin hopes to clean up the industry and show consumers where they are going…
Irrigation from Thin Air? A Super Absorbent Gel Could Help World’s Drought-Hit Farmers
A new development from a US university – a gel that can absorb water from humidity in the air, before releasing it back into the soil – could help farmers…
Treeferral: A Tree Planting Scheme With a Financial Incentive
Treeferral is a new initiative that wants to massively accelerate tree-planting projects around the world – by using the lure of a financial reward.
Computer Simulations Predict How Carbon Taxes Can be Used to Reduce Extreme Poverty by 2030
A new study utilising computer modelling technology has highlighted various ways in which the introduction of widespread carbon taxes can act to reduce global poverty instead of exacerbating it further.
Computer Simulations Predict How Carbon Taxes Can be Used to Reduce Extreme Poverty by 2030
A new study utilising computer modelling technology has highlighted various ways in which the introduction of widespread carbon taxes can act to reduce global poverty instead of exacerbating it further.
Biggest Barriers to Renewable Energies are Political, New Report States
The potential of renewable energies could be far greater than we think.
Interview: OpenSpaceData Wants to Democratise Access to Satellite Data
The satellite images made during large ESA and NASA space missions are freely accessible to the general public – in theory at least. But in reality, not everyone can use…
Congested Bogotá Looks To Electric Bikes to Deliver Goods Quicker, Cheaper and Cleaner
Large delivery vehicles in the congested streets of Bogotá are contributing to thousands of deaths a year. Electric bikes are now being trialled as their replacements.
