In December 2015, the world agreed to change course. With warming standing a severe threat to our existence, it must be stopped, and thus, the Paris Agreement was signed. China initially didn't want to participate but later joined, and the United States has now...
A startup called Notpla has created a new type of packaging made from plants and seaweed. While it looks like plastic, it was designed to replace plastic, and the name is actually short for “not plastic.” "Notpla is a seaweed-based, sustainable...
Being able to ship refrigerated goods without using ice or classical ice packs is what the researchers from UC Davis wished for. Now, they have created a substitute for regular ice that doesn’t melt, can be composted, is antimicrobial and it’s called...
Classical age, romanticism, the industrial revolution, post-war development, and the current digital revolution. These are the main periods in which human beings have developed the best inventions, increased the well-being of humanity the most, and pushed courageously...
Nienke Hoogvliet and Anne Boermans have been researching how to create sustainable and eco-friendly textile dyes and during the past eight years they have tried different types of seaweed. The seaweed dyes act as an alternative to the traditional dyes which are...
Setting up solar cells in a field may seem a bit counterproductive as the solar cells shade the plants. But a study from Mälardalen University shows that solar panels can even increase the harvest."Over this past year, we were able to take in and analyze...