Ultra-processed foods damage health in ways that calories don’t explain
Researchers are getting closer to solving the riddle of how ultra-processed foods (UPFs) harm metabolic, reproductive, and immune…
New transparent window material could cut building energy loss by 50%
In most buildings, windows remain the most vulnerable part of the structure when it comes to energy loss.…
French scientists discover law that predicts how most objects shatter
Fragmentation, the way objects break into pieces, has long intrigued scientists. Researchers have observed that broken objects tend…
The EU’s grand new plan to replace fossil fuels with trees – POLITICO
At the center of the strategy is carbon, the fundamental building block of a wide range of manufactured…
China offers unlikely glimmer of hope in fight against plastic pollution – POLITICO
The Chinese wild card Countries in the self-named High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution — which backs…
Odd Neptune balls are popping up on beaches. What are they?
How much plastic gets trapped and filtered? Plastics have shown up everywhere on the planet, even showing up…
EU probes Greece on recycling projects – POLITICO
The company had won the tender for the project despite suggesting that the kiosks would be around five…
Is plastic production just going to keep increasing?
The amount of plastic being churned out annually is far outpacing the global capacity to manage and recycle…
Europe’s big trash-burning experiment has become a dirty headache – POLITICO
In Rome, for example, tens of thousands of people signed a petition to stop the mayor from greenlighting…
You Don’t Want to Know Where Scientists Just Found 27 Million Tons of Plastic
Despite the hundreds of millions of metric tons of plastic floating in our oceans—not to mention the microplastics in…