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New membranes could help eliminate brine waste
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New membranes could help eliminate brine waste

Jovan Kamcev, assistant professor of chemical engineering, places a membrane into an electrodialysis device. Credit: Marcin Szczepanski/Michigan Engineering Desalination plants, a major and...

Transforming plastic waste into high-quality 3D-printed products
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Transforming plastic waste into high-quality 3D-printed products

The cleaned plastic packaging waste is mixed, melted down and extruded in a compounder at Fraunhofer IFAM. Credit: Fraunhofer IFAM Every year, some...

Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy
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Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy

The start-up was founded in 2022 to tackle the waste from Tunisia’s lucrative olive harvest. In a northern Tunisian olive grove, Yassine Khelifi’s...

How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste in the US? | Politics News
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How much money is actually lost to fraud, waste in the US? | Politics News

Billionaire Elon Musk, the driving force behind United States President Donald Trump’s budget-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has broached the sensitive issue...

How industrial waste gases could replace fossil fuels in everyday consumer products
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How industrial waste gases could replace fossil fuels in everyday consumer products

System block diagram for C12–14 AE7 surfactant production from the steel and paper mill flue gases. Credit: Journal of CO2 Utilization (2025). DOI:...

Erythritol slurry and its potential for waste heat recovery
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Erythritol slurry and its potential for waste heat recovery

This image depicts the relationship between these three important properties, which together determine the rheological behavior of erythritol slurry. Understanding the correlation between...

High value, zero waste: Researchers conceptualize novel biorefinery
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High value, zero waste: Researchers conceptualize novel biorefinery

by Jessica Lietze, Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und Bioökonomie e.V. (ATB) Overview of the smart integrated biorefinery concept. Credit: Biofuel Research Journal (2025). DOI:...

Researchers transform textile waste into stronger recycled paper
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Researchers transform textile waste into stronger recycled paper

To make paper from old items of clothing, they are first cut into small shreds and soaked in an aqueous solution. Credit: Lunghammer—TU...

Scientists design novel battery that runs on atomic waste
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Scientists design novel battery that runs on atomic waste

a.) Nuclear voltaic battery where radioactive sources come from ambient radiation; b.) Nuclear photovoltaic battery that capture external radiation by a scintillator. Credit:...