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Recycling can be inefficient when parts such as dashboards from cars are too hard to dismantle, says Felipe Maya. Image credit - Felipe Maya

Felipe Maya, Exergy, UK

Interview | 15 October 2018

'We need to think differently so products are designed so they are easier to dismantle, repair, reuse and recycle.'

A circular economy needs new business models and reusable products, says Felipe Maya.

Advocates of floating offshore wind platforms say they are cheaper to run and install, less disruptive to sea life, and have greater output than near-shore alternatives. Image credit - WindFloat

Energy

19 October 2018

Offshore wind farms to test business in deep water

Floating wind turbines could be a clean energy game changer.

Bill Gates and Commissoner Carlos Moedas committed to establish a fund to get radical new clean energy technologies to market. Image credit - European Commission

Environment

17 October 2018

Bill Gates and European Commission launch €100 million clean energy fund

Europe's leadership 'more important than ever', says Gates.

Trucks on Orkney carry hydrogen produced by wind- and tide-powered electrolysis in special lightweight high pressure cylinders, designed to adhere to the low weight limit of the island roads. Image credit: Colin Keldie for BIG HIT

Energy

17 October 2018

Hydrogen use doesn’t emit carbon but its production often does. That could soon change

The goal is to remove reliance on fossil fuels.

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Turning trash into treasure

This month we turn the spotlight on the circular economy and examine some of the ingenious ways that science is enabling a zero-waste society.

Energy | 19 October 2018

Offshore wind farms to test business in deep water

Floating wind turbines could be a clean energy game changer.

Environment | 17 October 2018

Bill Gates and European Commission launch €100 million clean energy fund

Europe's leadership 'more important than ever', says Gates.

Energy | 17 October 2018

Hydrogen use doesn’t emit carbon but its production often does. That could soon change

The goal is to remove reliance on fossil fuels.

A freesia's root architecture helps the plant store food to survive seasonal weather conditions. Image credit - Brian Atkinson

Agriculture | 16 October 2018

Root architecture discoveries could help breed drought-resistant crops

X-ray imaging plants is revealing ways of securing food supply.

Researchers are using computer simulations to estimate how 11 different species of extinct archosaurs such as the batrachotomus might have moved. Image credit: John Hutchinson

Environment | 09 October 2018

Models of dinosaur movement could help us build stronger robots and buildings

Simulations capture how limbs worked and carried massive weight.

The hardest part about recycling used nappies is opening them. Image credit - Wagga Wagga City Council 2010-2018

Environment | 08 October 2018

Scientists want to use dirty nappies as a source of raw materials

Reusable menstrual pants are also helping reduce sanitary waste.

The infrastructure for turning seaweed into a sustainable alternative for livestock feed, chemicals and energy is still in its infancy. Image credit - MacroFuels

Environment | 05 October 2018

Seaweed-powered trucks - hope or hype?

Scaling up production could make the switch to algae-based biofuels a reality.

Kidney disease often lacks symptoms until it is at an advanced stage. Image credit - Kristoffer Lindskov Hansen, Michael Bachmann Nielsen and Caroline Ewertsen, licensed under CC BY 4.0

Health | 02 October 2018

Tissue engineering is no quick fix for kidney disease, but early intervention can help

Holistic programmes remain better patient approaches for now.

From the naked scientists

Meet the Neolithic

In this week’s podcast the Naked Scientists discuss ingenuity in the Neolithic age and how it’s shaped our world today.

From The Freshwater Blog

Algal blooms set to increase in European lakes

New study finds the precise impact of climate change on blue-green algae varies with lake type.

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BepiColombo sets off to Mercury

The European-Japanese spacecraft is on a seven-year voyage to the least studied planet in our solar system.

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When a venomous animal bites or stings, the toxins work by binding to particular molecules in the body. Image credit: Shutterstock/defpicture

From deadly toxins to life-saving drugs – how scientists are harnessing the power of venom

Ticks latch onto your skin as you brush past a tree or shrub. © Shutterstock/D. Kucharski K. Kucharska

Targeting the tick

Developments in electron microscopy have enabled researchers to examine the structure of biomolecules, such as the Zika virus, in great detail. Image credit - The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

European microscopy scientists win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Horizon: the EU Research & Innovation magazine | European Commission

'We need to think differently so products are designed so they are easier to dismantle, repair, reuse and recycle.'

Offshore wind farms to test business in deep water

Bill Gates and European Commission launch €100 million clean energy fund

Hydrogen use doesn’t emit carbon but its production often does. That could soon change

Turning trash into treasure

Offshore wind farms to test business in deep water

Bill Gates and European Commission launch €100 million clean energy fund

Hydrogen use doesn’t emit carbon but its production often does. That could soon change

Agriculture | 16 October 2018

Root architecture discoveries could help breed drought-resistant crops

Environment | 09 October 2018

Models of dinosaur movement could help us build stronger robots and buildings

Scientists want to use dirty nappies as a source of raw materials

Seaweed-powered trucks - hope or hype?

Tissue engineering is no quick fix for kidney disease, but early intervention can help

From the naked scientists

Meet the Neolithic

From The Freshwater Blog

Algal blooms set to increase in European lakes

From around the web

BepiColombo sets off to Mercury

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