Read article: Sucking up crude oil with laser-treated cork
Sucking up crude oil with laser-treated cork
Cork treated with femtosecond laser processing could be used to clean up large-scale marine oil spills
Read article: Sucking up crude oil with laser-treated cork
Read article: Plants accumulate nanoplastics mainly in roots, not shoots
Plants accumulate nanoplastics mainly in roots, not shoots
New study used a lanthanide tracer to follow the uptake of tiny plastic particles through lettuce and wheat
Read article: Urban mining gets quicker and cleaner
Urban mining gets quicker and cleaner
New flash Joule heating technique recovers precious metals from electronic waste in seconds
Read article: PET imaging tracks ingested microplastics in mice
PET imaging tracks ingested microplastics in mice
Researchers trace the distribution and clearance of radiolabelled microplastics in mice, to help understand how microplastics interact with the body
Read article: Zeolites detect toxic lead in water
Zeolites detect toxic lead in water
Simple, low-cost and highly sensitive technique could be extended to other heavy metals
Read article: Carbon-based inks make first fully recyclable transistors
Carbon-based inks make first fully recyclable transistors
New devices address the growing problem of electronic waste
Read article: Ammonia emissions can drive urban smog formation
Ammonia emissions can drive urban smog formation
CLOUD experiment at CERN highlights the importance of controlling ammonia emissions in urban environments
Read article: The mystery of missing marine plastic
The mystery of missing marine plastic
Oceanographers are not sure where all the plastics are ending up in the world’s oceans
Read article: What happened to all the plastic we released into the oceans?
What happened to all the plastic we released into the oceans?
Scientists are puzzled about where the majority of marine plastics are ending up
Read article: The search for the missing plastic
The search for the missing plastic
There are millions of tonnes of plastic in our oceans, but we can’t find it. Marric Stephens investigates how we’re searching for this elusive missing waste
