Circular economy biomaterials

Could the shells of insects be the missing link in the circular economy?

A team of scientists from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have used the shells of black soldier flies to sustainably extract the...
Biocatalysis

Mighty enzymes: biocatalysis in chemical processing

Rita Craveiro, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, discusses how using enzymes as biocatalysts can allow for a greener chemistry industry. Chemicals or...
ExoMars

The second ExoMars mission is delayed until 2022

The launch of the second ExoMars mission to study Mars has been delayed until 2022, after being postponed by the European Space Agency (ESA)...
ensuring the sustainability of ‘ecoplastics’

New system for ensuring the sustainability of ‘ecoplastics’

Circularise has successfully developed a system of ensuring the sustainability and accountability of companies that produce ‘ecoplastics’. In 2019, the start-ups Circularise, DOMO and Covestro...
CUTISS

CUTISS on the challenges and opportunities in regenerative therapy

CUTISS’ CEO Dr Daniela Marino explains the current challenges and opportunities in regenerative therapy for burn victims and patients with skin defects. Skin is the...
AI system

Developing an AI system to translate 2,500 year old texts

Researchers have developed an AI enabled system to efficiently translate 2,500 year old texts from the Persia's Achaemenid Empire. Over 2,500 years ago Persia's Achaemenid...
metal-air batteries

Unleashing the next generation of metal-air batteries for electric vehicles

In a collaborative research paper, scientists have outlined how they developed a new catalyst that could boost the charge efficiency of metal-air batteries. Metal-air batteries...
pesticides in olive oil

MIP2Sensors: detecting and quantifying pesticides in olive oil

Evora University present their latest research which encompasses the design and development of new functional selective sorbents for the isolation/preconcentration of pesticide in olive...
planet that rains iron

Astrophysicists have discovered a planet that rains iron

Using the innovative ESPRESSO spectrograph, researchers have found an exoplanet where it appears to rain iron, due its surface temperature exceeding 2,400°C. Researchers have discovered...
Circular Economy Action Plan

Circular Economy Action Plan: making sustainability the norm

The European Commission has developed a new Circular Economy Action Plan with the hope to make sustainable products the norm in the EU. The European...