Collaborate Disseminate
Living and working in a remote rain forest may sound idyllic to those currently stuck in bland suburbia, and to be sure it does have plenty of perks. One of …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Upcycling Acrylic Scraps
The evidence is starting to build around the ability of tiny fragments of plastic to make their way into all corners of the human body, with these particles recently discovered in living lungs and the bloodstream for the first time. What this means for… Continue reading Fruit fly experiments shed new light on dangers of plastic ingestion
We’ve all likely seen video of the enormous industrial shredders that eat engine blocks for lunch and spit out a stream of fine metal chips. The raw power of these …read more Continue reading Vicious Little Desktop Shredder Pulverizes Plastic Waste
The sludge that is created through sewage treatment processes is rich in nutrients like phosphorous and nitrogen, making it an excellent source of fertilizer for agriculture. But not all that it contains is good for the environment, with a new study de… Continue reading Fertilizer turning Europe’s farms into massive reservoirs of microplastics
Plastic is a remarkable material in many ways. Cheap, durable, and versatile, it is responsible for a large percentage of the modern world we live in. As we all know, …read more Continue reading Recycling Plastic Into Filament
The idea of deploying enzymes to break down plastic waste is gaining momentum through a string of breakthroughs demonstrating how they can do so with increasing efficiency, and even reduce the material to simple molecules. A new study marks yet another… Continue reading Fast-acting enzyme breaks down plastics in as little as 24 hours
The way plastic moves through the environment and endangers living organisms is of great concern to scientists, and a first-of-a-kind study has unearthed disconcerting new information on both these fronts. The authors have demonstrated that the type of… Continue reading Microplastics found to spread deadly land-based pathogens far out to sea
Getting a handle on the true dangers posed by the widespread problem of plastic pollution involves understanding the different ways it moves through the environment, including its migration into the human body. A new study has explored the ways everyda… Continue reading To-go coffee cups shed trillions of plastic particles under normal use
In the last decade we’ve seen studies unearth plastic pollution in some unexpected places, from the Arctic, to the Antarctic, and the world’s tallest mountain in between. More recently, we’ve seen some scientists focus the search on the human body, whi… Continue reading Plastic particles found deep in live human lungs for the first time
There are a lot of ways that stresses can show up, at least when discussing materials science. Cracks in concrete are a common enough example, but any catastrophic failure in …read more Continue reading Stresses Revealed With A Polariscope