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Minimizing Food Waste in Europe Leads to Significant Environmental Footprint Reduction

Crédit: Science KU Recent research indicates that European food consumption relies heavily on global resources, primarily imported from non-European countries. The food supply chain, starting from the primary agricultural sector, experiences food loss and waste until it reaches European consumers. Marianne Thomsen, a professor of sustainable food systems at the University of Copenhagen, suggests that halving...

A Green Living Environment Does Not Protect Children Against Eczema

The title "Early-life environment and the risk of eczema at 2 years—Meta-analyses of six Finnish birth cohorts" refers to a study that used data from six Finnish birth cohorts to investigate the relationship between early-life environmental factors and the development of eczema in children by the age of two years. The study conducted meta-analyses of...

En Route to Human Environment Interaction Technology with Soft Microfingers

Human robot communications not just enable robotics to interact with humans however likewise with the atmosphere. Microrobots, for example, can communicate with insects and measure the force exerted by them during the trip or walking. However, this communication is not direct, with the microrobots measuring insect habits primarily. Now, scientists have developed a soft micro-robotic...

Ancient Egyptians Might Have Used Branding Irons on Human Slaves

Several of the ancient Egyptian branding-irons — actually made of bronze — were too small for large animals like cattle and were probably used to brand human slaves. Credit: © The Trustees of the British Museum; (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) A new research study proposes that small branding irons from ancient Egypt were most likely used to mark...

A New Method Can Make Plastics More Environmentally Friendly

Plastic bottles   A new technique has been developed by researchers that changes polyethylene (PE), the most widely generated plastic, into polypropylene (PP), the second most produced plastics. Upcycling plastic efficiently to remove waste The purpose of this process is to decrease greenhouse emissions. "The world needs more and better options for extracting the power and molecular value...

Climate Change: ‘Sand Battery’ Can Fix Environment-Friendly Energy’s Significant Problem

The sand battery has been installed and is functioning well according to the power company Finnish scientists have set up the globe's first completely working "sand battery," which can save environment-friendly power for months at once. The designers claim this can resolve the trouble of year-round supply, a significant issue for eco-friendly power. Using low-grade sand, the...

New Iron Catalyst Can Make Hydrogen Fuel Cells Affordable

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For decades, scientists have been seeking a catalyst that dramatically lowers the price of fabricating hydrogen fuel cells. Such an advance could trigger a green power transformation, with everything from laptops to locomotives running on a fuel whose merely byproduct is water. A new study led by the University at Buffalo indicates that...

A Laboratory Overhead: Physics Experiments in Planet’s Environment Can Assist Enhance GPS Efficiency

A new graphene amplifier has been able to unlock hidden frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum. Credit: Scitech Daily The Earth's atmosphere has been utilized as a 'laboratory' to perform a physics experiment in a research partnership involving the University of Strathclyde, which can help boost the efficiency of GPS. The research study displays a new method...

Without Evolutionary Genetic Variation, Asexual Invasive Species Discover New Techniques of Adjusting to Their Environment

A Naupactus cervinus weevil, a common, yet invasive species in many parts of the world, is seen eating a leaf. Credit: Courtesy of Analia Lanteri/Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de La Plata, Argentina Research from Wellesley University reveals that despite being a clonal insect variety, weevils utilize genetics policy to adjust to brand-new food...

Magnetic Displays Inspired by Squid Skin Reveal Encrypted Images

Magnetic pixels in this little screen are capable of encrypting imagesJeremy Little/Michigan Engineering Researchers, inspired by the color-changing skin of squids and other cephalopods, have created a flexible screen that stores and displays encrypted images using only magnetic particles, without any electronics. Scientists have been experimenting with metamaterials—engineered materials with unusual properties not found in nature—for...