4+ hour, 47+ min ago  (1137+ words) Plastics have a gigantic built-in problem: They're tenacious, which is very good for a milk jug or a car bumper. But they don't easily break down, which is bad for the environment. From the 1950s, when plastics were first produced in…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (720+ words) On the morning of March 26, 2013, approximately 60,000 liters (16,000 gallons) of an oil byproduct used to produce asphalt spilled from a barge on the Negro River, near the S'o Raimundo Harbor in Manaus. When researcher Helen Sadauskas-Henrique saw the news on TV,…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (504+ words) In nature, many organisms glow in the dark, including lightning bugs, some squid and jellyfish, using light to attract a mate or lure prey. Now, researchers have engineered glowing succulents, plants that recharge in sunlight and shine bright at night,…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (448+ words) Researchers have devised a way to make a commonly used pain and fever reduction medication from plastic waste. Yes, you read that right. They used genetically engineered microbes to transform a molecule obtained from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic into paracetamol....

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (391+ words) A recent study from the U.S.-based environmental nonprofit Waterkeeper Alliance has found "forever chemicals" contamination in 98% of the waterways it tested in the United States. The study sampled both upstream and downstream from 22 wastewater treatment plants in the U.S. The researchers…...