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‘Breakthrough’ claimed for sustainable reuse of industrial NBR rubber
Two pioneering techniques for the sustainable use of nitrile rubber products as new carbon dioxide-capturing materials have been unveiled by the University of St Andrews.
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‘Breakthrough’ claimed for sustainable reuse of industrial NBR rubber
Two pioneering techniques for the sustainable use of nitrile rubber products as new carbon dioxide-capturing materials have been unveiled by the University of St Andrews.
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Innovations in geodetics for environmental research
From coastal landslide modelling to mapping geological hazards, monitoring active lava domes and biodiversity management, Lee Jones explains how drone-based and terrestrial LiDAR scanning has transfo…
Comment And Analysis
Critical alternatives
As the supply of rare earth elements becomes an increasing geopolitical issue, Akseli Mansikkamäki and his colleagues at the University of Oulu are developing molecules to address the challenge.
Interviews
In agro: field labs and farmer-led research
The Innovative Farmers not for profit network brings together farmers and growers with researchers to enable field trials (pun intended). A decade’s worth of on-farm trial results demonstrate farmer-…
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Water droplet
This amazing image – Crack Patterns I, by Thomas Séon – shows a water droplet falling onto a silicon substrate at -36°C...
