Rice straw soap: natural surfactant is reality
Surfactants are everywhere: detergents, toothpastes, paint, makeup, etc. A natural surfactant eliminates harmful substances from all these products
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Plastic roads for the cars of the future
Plastic roads are four times lighter in structure than asphalt, assemble like LEGO and turn waste into recyclable resources.
Vegetarians: less risk of coronary heart disease BUT…
Bittersweet news for vegetarians, vegans and pescatarians: UK research shows their diet has less risk of coronary heart disease. But there's more.
Cheer Project, eco-sustainable products from pine needles
Each phase of the process is natural and gives life to biodegradable, fireproof, waterproof and recyclable products. Pine needles: aesthetic and ecological triumph.
Bioceramic domes: houses of a world with a crazy climate
Buckminster Fuller's ideas see the light after 70 years thanks to more accessible materials. The world is ready to live under bioceramic domes.
Adidas Loop, infinite shoe with a returnable vacuum
Adidas has revealed to the world Loop, its 100% recyclable shoe, an "infinite" shoe that, once discarded, can be disassembled and completely put back into circulation. A shoe that literally lasts a lifetime (and beyond). The name is eloquent: Loop. An infinite circle, which gives a good idea. It was created by a special division of Adidas, FutureCraft, which is responsible for totally innovating the German giant's footwear. Over the years, FutureCraft has introduced printed customizations… Read more
Solar energy in China now costs less than the electricity grid
The political efforts made, including cuts to new coal power plants and the closure of mines, are bearing the expected results: solar energy in China costs less and less.
Startup in Mexico purifies the air with artificial trees
BioUrban 2.0 artificial trees can make a difference in areas traveled by pedestrians, cyclists or the elderly, where planting trees is not possible.
Bill Gates finances the startup that wants to vaporize waste
Vaporizing waste does not create methane as in landfills, but reusable carbon monoxide and hydrogen. And unlike an incinerator, it has no emissions.
World food crisis, 8 ways to stem it
We can stem the food crisis by working hard on eight factors that have worsened and strengthened the weaknesses in our system. Here are what they are.
What will the smart home look like in 10 years?
Driving everything with voice and immersing yourself in the Internet of Things will be routine. Thanks to advances in AI, a smart home will anticipate our needs.
Soapack, against plastic packaging made of soap
Soapack is a vegetable oil-based soap packaging mixed with mineral pigments, plants and flowers that dissolves only when its contents run out.
How to reprint paper and recycle it better
A team has created a method of de-printing the sheets that works with the normal paper already on the market and present in all homes and offices.
UK expert proposes green burials along the roads
In the magazine of the Royal Society of Medicine, Prof. John Ashton proposes green burials on streets and urban areas against the collapse of English cemeteries.
Global warming: forget 1.5 ° C, we will go further
In 2010, scientists observed that pollution would cause global warming of 1,3°C. Today's data is just a consequence.
The hydrogen train makes its debut in the UK: how is it going elsewhere?
Even in the UK the hydrogen train starts running. How is development going in the rest of the world? Let's take stock with this article.
Methane emissions from the fertilizer industry are 100 times higher than reported
Consider a small industrial supply chain and find that producing 100 times more emissions than previously estimated is actually the most polluting sector, triple that of all the others combined
City life ruins mental health in ways that we are only now beginning to understand
Cities are dynamic and stimulating places, but their residents have a much higher rate of mental illness than the rest of the population.
Report Reveals: Man Directly Responsible for the Extinction of One in Eight Species
The report, drawn up by 145 scientists from 50 countries, investigated humanity's impact on the environment, concluding that of the 8 million known species on the planet, one million are on the brink of extinction solely because of humans .
Synthetic meat, in vitro burger costs continue to fall
The time of the synthetic hamburger is approaching. Just two years ago I talked about it here, remember? The forecasts were of a probable entry into the market within 5 years: the main obstacle was the price. In 2013, making a kilo of “lab-created” meat cost around 620.000 euros. Two years later the price was 85 euros, and today it has dropped to 20 euros. Production costs are rapidly approaching those that warrant making their way into the market,… Read more
In Amsterdam you sail without a pilot
After the pilotless metro train, the pilotless plane and the self-driving car, the intelligent boat that can do without a pilot also arrives in Amsterdam. The boat in question will sail in the canals of Amsterdam from 2017; the project, ROBOAT, will last five years and, if successful, could change the mobility of people and goods in the Netherlands. MIT in Boston is also behind the ROBOAT, together with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan … Read more
