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Turning scrap impurities into enhanced alloys
Around two billion tonnes of metal are produced worldwide every year to meet the demands of industry, infrastructure and the energy sector. Much of this production still relies on primary raw mater...
How plastic waste transforms into higher-value products
A team of researchers at ETH Zurich is upcycling waste made from polyethylene and polypropylene - two of the world's most used plastics - into an extremely strong adhesive - and much more besides. ...
New Clues on the Origin of Red Auroras
With their mysterious glow and swirling veils of color, auroras enchant even experienced researchers. When a particularly intense solar storm reached Earth on the night of May 10, 2024, and relevan...
Cyanobacterial sludge as a source of greenhouse gases
In some regions of the world, such as some Chinese lakes, cyanobacterial blooms are increasingly managed through large-scale mechanical harvesting to improve water quality and ensure a continued su...
Trifluoroacetic acid: a challenge for water protection and drinking water supply
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), an extremely persistent PFAS compound, can be detected in Swiss surface waters and groundwater almost everywhere. Current knowledge about the sources of contamination, p...
Newly characterized Streptomyces strain yields previously unknown natural products
In a close collaboration, researchers from the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) have discovered two...