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Melbourne-based Plantic, a manufacturer of bio-plastic made a new plastic. It is not only 100% plant-based, but also — unlike most bio-plastics – can degrade in water!

These plastics are mostly starch-based made from corn. The color used to paint…

Humans are more directly victims of water pollution, compared to air and land. Water contamination lead to skin diseases and diseases and poisoning leading to thousands of deaths every year.

The residue found in the basins of water-treatment plants…

Here is an alternative to the thread surgeons use during surgeries. It is a glue! The Czech scientists have discovered a glue — called chitosan – that can easily replace the thread used by surgeons to stitch.

The glue too will function just like the.

With the soaring oil prices across the world and increasing concerns over global warming based on green house gas emissions, the Yale University does not seem to stay behind in providing a helping hand to America on these lines of concerns.

The…

While building a new house, all bank more of its decoration. The market is flooded with such related materials. There are also some bizarre forms of them. They may apparently sound bizarre as far as their manufacturing ingredients are concerned, but…

With the whole world on fire by the World Cup Soccer that was kicked off in Germany last Friday, millions of soccer fans visiting the country would surely prove injurious for the environment.

But the organizers hope the games to score an important goal.

Do you own an open boat? Then you must be knowing how it feels to live in a rainy climate. Here is an interesting and useful gadget for you — an automatic bilge pump called the Lansman. It is highly cost-effective and eco-friendly as well.

The pump.

Here is a simple but amazing transformation of a motor into a generator. Dr Steve Turnock and Dr Suleiman Abu-Sharkh from the University of Southampton used the flow of water to turn a propeller of a motor to generate electricity. They have used an…

Nano-particle-based materials have always of amazing use. And, when it comes to hel the environment keep clean and hyegenic, it is always a hit. Here is another such innovation by a chemist at Washington University in St. Louis. She has developed a…

With a pandemic of an influenza-type feared by experts, and the H5N1 avian flu virus seeming to be closer than any other virus to cause such a global wave of disease, the World Health Organization says there is a global shortage of medical equipment…