All posts tagged "waste"
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50ScienceTrash to treasure: Leveraging industrial waste to store energy
The batteries used in our phones, devices and even cars rely on metals like lithium and cobalt, sourced through intensive and invasive...
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11Science
How our cells dispose of waste and ways to control it
Recycling takes place in our cells at all times: in a process called autophagy, cell components that are no longer needed are...
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Method can detect harmful salts forming in nuclear waste melters
A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of...
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50WorldRemoval of waste from site of 1984 Bhopal disaster dismissed as ‘farce’ | India
Forty years after one of world’s deadliest industrial disasters struck the Indian city of Bhopal, a cleanup operation has finally begun to...
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Toxic waste removed from Union carbide factory after 40 years
Authorities in India have removed hundreds of tonnes of toxic waste from an Indian chemical factory that witnessed one of the world’s...
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How the freezer factors into lowering food waste
Putting extra holiday cookies and leftovers in the freezer will not only extend their shelf life — it could also put a...
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