This new biodegradable material is much more than a simple substitute for plastic

He used oil that we generate in the kitchen it seems that has no more life than end up discarded, but the reality is very different. The Holy Grail, right now of modern materials science, is to get rid of the oil dependencebut also solve the problem of the waste we already generate. And this … Read more

We have been hearing for years that plastic is safer than wood. Jordi Cruz does not agree (and it seems he is right)

Science has spent decades studying what happens with E.colithe Salmonella and company when they touch the wooden, plastic or metal boards that we use in the kitchen. It is an old (and we thought unsolvable) fight, but the famous chef Jordi Cruz has spoken. He said it on TikTokbut since the ways of distributing content … Read more

Halloween is coming and the temptation is to put on some terrifying plastic contact lenses. Science has its reservations

Costumes, scares, moviespassages of terror and also the occasional party is undoubtedly something that we will see in this Halloween nightalthough among all these elements there is a protagonist that can undoubtedly become a risk to our health: colored cosmetic contact lenses. The color of the eyes. To dress up in the most faithful way … Read more

We have a big problem with plastic. This caterpillar can help us devouring a bag in 24 hours

The global plastic crisis, a problem that It takes centuries to degradeI could find an unexpected ally in the world of insects. A team of scientists He has revealed how the caterpillars of the wax worm (Galleria Mellonella) are able to devour and metabolize polyethylene, The most common plastic in the worldat an amazing speed. … Read more

Almería has been the great “plastic sea” of Europe for years. Now he wants to be another sea: that of solar panels

During the First Andalusian Congress on Agriculture, Energy and Water held at the University of Almería, a path that begins to materialize today was already glimpsed. In that meeting, Professor Ángel Carreño He stressed that the use of photovoltaic plates In greenhouses, intensive agriculture could revolutionize. “With just 1% shadow with solar panels on the … Read more

More and more voices think that keeping food in plastic is not a good idea

A kitchen that boards has a drawer up to numerous tuppers with the tapas on the other hand. Although it is not the only place, we open the fridge and find even more stacked: some keep the leftovers of noon, others contain freshly taken food from their original container. Behind this daily life – so … Read more

When a man removed the protective plastic to his monitor he realized that it was not the protective plastic

Remaking the protective plastics of new devices is all A category within the ASMR. Stretching the film to reveal the completely new and bright surfaces gives a taste, except when what we remove is not a protective plastic and we end up loading the device. It is just what happened to this Reddit user with … Read more

We have a problem with plastic recycling. Japanese scientists have created one who self -destructs in the sea

In summer, more than once we have been scared thinking that a plastic was, in reality, a jellyfish. Far from that triviality, a major problem is hidden. According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)more than eleven million metric tons of plastics end up in the oceans every year. Although a new wave of change … Read more

We have a problem with the future of cement and excess plastic. Someone has come up with the most obvious

Mortar is easy. We have been doing thousands of years and, although we have refined the formula so that it is not the same as They used 10,000 years ago in Jericho or in the construction of First pyramids of Egyptthe recipe is simple. A part of cement (or an binder in antiquity), one of … Read more

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