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Japan team develops "eco-fireworks" with water-soluble shells to cut debris
12+ hour, 32+ min ago (408+ words) OTSU, Japan - A Japanese fireworks manufacturer and a university professor have jointly developed more environmentally friendly fireworks with water-soluble shell casings that naturally dissolve after use, in hopes of reducing the impact of fallen debris after displays. A fireworks ball…...
Japan team develops ‘eco-fireworks’ with water-soluble shells to cut debris
10+ hour, 45+ min ago (393+ words) Published Aug 02, 2026, 09:50 AM TOKYO – A Japanese fireworks manufacturer and a university professor have jointly developed more environmentally friendly fireworks with water-soluble shell casings that naturally dissolve after use, in hopes of reducing the impact of fallen debris after displays. A…...
Chinese inventors Xie Yinghao and Yu Haijun secure dual win at the European Inventor Award 2026 for smart battery recycling
4+ week, 2+ day ago (118+ words) A smarter route to battery recycling According to company data, the process recovers 99.6% of nickel, cobalt and manganese and 96.5% of lithium. It also reduces acid and alkali consumption by 73%, shortens processing steps by more than 18% and lowers the carbon footprint…...
Scientists built night vision that shows full color instead of just green
20+ hour, 3+ min ago (182+ words) That distinction is key. Traditional infrared imaging systems rely on detectors that capture a broad range of wavelengths but don't preserve much detail about them, so the......
Smart sensor identifies current molecules using memories of past
19+ hour, 2+ min ago (427+ words) Tiny pores that can sense molecules are being transformed into autonomous chemical machines capable of generating signals, adapting to their surroundings and retaining a memory of what they have recently encountered....
Swiss scientists have created a living building material that grows stronger by pulling carbon dioxide from the air
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (114+ words) Swiss scientists have created a living building material that grows stronger by pulling carbon dioxide fr The Times of India However, the construction industry accounts for a great part of the global COâ footprint due to massive emissions of carbon…...
Targeted cooling boosts insulation efficiency in liquid-hydrogen tanks
20+ hour, 36+ min ago (467+ words) Liquid hydrogen is often described as a clean-energy solution with a deceptively difficult storage problem. Turning hydrogen into a liquid requires cooling it to approximately 20 kelvin, or −253 °C....
Oxford chemists unlock Appel fluorination using potassium fluoride
21+ hour, 22+ min ago (448+ words) Alcohols are among chemistry’s most versatile raw materials, appearing in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, fragrances, polymers and countless industrial intermediates. Yet transforming an alcohol into an alkyl fluoride—a molecule in which fluorine is attached to a carbon atom—has remained unusually…...
Fiery Meteorite That Blasted Through 2 Stories of Family's Home Is Worth $100k, Also Contains 'Building Blocks of Life"
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (256+ words) Meteorite that crashed through a New Jersey home contains rare prebiotic compounds that could offer new clues about the origins of life....
Scientists left water inside a battery and nearly doubled its power
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (654+ words) A surprisingly simple change could make sodium-ion batteries far more powerful while opening the door to turning seawater into drinking water. Researchers at the University of Surrey found that sodium vanadium oxide performs much better when its naturally occurring water…...