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Fruit and vegetable scraps pack more fiber than flesh, King's study shows

Researchers at King's College London found that discarded skins, seeds, and cores from twelve common fruits and vegetables contain higher fiber concentrations than the flesh itself. The team explored root-to-tip consumption as a dietary innovation to combat both household food waste and nutrient deficiencies. Their laboratory analysis showed that common kitchen refuse represents between 25% and 48% of total produce weight.

Letizia Giugliano

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Ancient Tibetan Ice Cores Extend Mountain Climate Record to 128,000 Years

A scientific innovation in geochemical dating has revealed that glacial ice from northwestern Tibet is more than 128,000 years old. Researchers at Ohio State University demonstrated that high-altitude glaciers endured the transition out of the last ice age, extending the known climate record for the region by more than 100,000 years.

Giovanni Sapere

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LiDAR Mapping Guides Riverbank Tree Planting to Protect Salmon Rivers

In October 2026, researchers from the Eau Terre Environnement Research Center at Canada's Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique revealed a targeted ecological innovation to protect Atlantic salmon from warming waterways. By combining high-resolution LiDAR scanning with spatial modeling along the Dartmouth River in Québec, the team demonstrated how strategic tree planting along riverbanks can cut summer solar radiation absorption by nearly 40 percent.

Giovanni Sapere

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Catalytic Membrane Uses Palladium and Hydrogen to Disarm PFAS

Researchers have developed a catalytic membrane that captures and neutralises per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances directly from water. The invention moves past standard filtration by splitting hydrogen gas into reactive atoms that strip fluorine from persistent pollutants.

Letizia Giugliano

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University of Melbourne Study Maps 34 Percent Cut in EV Battery Emissions

A study led by researchers at the University of Melbourne reveals that lithium-ion battery supply-chain emissions can drop by approximately 34 percent by 2050. The research models how industrial decarbonisation and demand-side strategies could prevent up to 7.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

Letizia Giugliano

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Mythos AI: The Autonomous Revolution Starting from the Sea

While the world watches closely as self-driving cars are developed, a quiet revolution is taking place where the asphalt ends: at sea. At the heart of this transformation is Mythos AI, a tech company focused on creating fully autonomous hydrographic vessels capable of mapping the seabed with…

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The Silent Architects of Climate: How Volcanoes Shape

Volcanoes have long been perceived as destructive geological forces, but their influence extends far beyond lava flows and ash clouds. They act as silent architects of the climate system,altering atmospheric chemistry, global temperatures, and even agricultural productivity. Understanding their…

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PLANTIDIESEL: The Fuel that Transforms Dirty Plastic into Clean Energy

The fight against plastic pollution and the energy crisis may soon have a powerful new ally: Plantidiesel, a groundbreaking fuel created from dirty, unsorted plastic waste by a younginnovator named Julian Brown.In recent tests conducted by independent laboratories, including ASAP Labs in Vancouver,…

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What if a tsunami struck? Here’s how this capsule could save your life

Imagine a 20-metre wave crashing down on your house. You can’t run. You can’t hide. But you could climb inside a floating sphere that protects you from the force of the water. This is the principle behind the Survival Capsule, an aerospace aluminium sphere designed to protect lives during tsunamis,…

Lucio Del Priore

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Technology and climate: innovative solutions for a sustainable future

Climate change is no longer a distant threat: it is a reality manifested in extreme events, melting ice and rising sea levels. According to the latest report published by Nature Communications and confirmed by the NOAA Arctic Report Card 2024, the Arctic could be free of sea ice as early as the…

Evgeny Novikov

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New Finnish beer brewed from goose droppings

Economy without waste, this Finnish brewery has tried by producing a beer from goose droppings. We find ourselves in Finland, more precisely in Lahti, which is set to become the Green Capital of Europe in 2021, where the Ant Brew brewery has created a robust beer whose smoking is done using goose…

Letizia Giugliano