Bottled water can contain hundreds of thousands of previously uncounted tiny plastic bits

A new microscopic technique zeroes in on the poorly explored world of nanoplastics, which can pass into blood, cells and your brain

11-Jan-2024 - In recent years, there has been rising concern that tiny particles known as microplastics are showing up basically everywhere on Earth, from polar ice to soil, drinking water and food. Formed when plastics break down into progressively smaller bits, these particles are being consumed by humans ...

Designing better water filters with AI

Study demonstrates AI’s usefulness toward developing water purification membranes with novel properties

07-Dec-2022 - Even the best water filters let some things through, but designing improved materials and then testing them is time consuming and difficult. Now, researchers in ACS Central Science report that artificial intelligence (AI) could speed up the development of promising materials. In a ...

Ferrero: Belgian factory restarts after salmonella outbreak

31-May-2022 - Following the international recall of children's chocolate products, Ferrero plans to restart the factory in Arlon, Belgium, blamed for the salmonella outbreak. "We have requested a restart from June 13 in order to restart production as soon as possible," Ferrero France CEO Nicolas Neykov told Le ...

How Coke still tingles after a year

Plasma coating makes food last longer

09-Aug-2021 - A few nanometers thin quartz-like coatings can multiply the shelf life of food, enable brilliant OLED TV images or separate gases. They can be neglected in recycling. If one specifically ensures that polymers are formed in plasmas and deposited on the surrounding surfaces, one can coat them in a ...

Experts warn: Meat substitutes often much more expensive than meat

21-Jun-2021 - The barbecue season is in full swing - and savings and discount offers on barbecue products attract many people to the supermarket. An analysis by the environmental organization WWF now shows that the majority of barbecue meat in German supermarkets is significantly cheaper than meat substitutes. ...

Russell Eco Separator® improves productivity and product quality for Eco Treasures

Eco Treasures use the Russell Eco Separator® at their pilot plant to separate seeds and dust from frozen juice product

02-Jun-2016 - Now, more than ever, sustainability and waste reduction have become concerns for many manufacturing companies. Eco Treasures recognize that natural resources should be used in a sustainable and economical way. In 2006 this Belgium based company set up a pilot installation especially designed to ...

Climeworks AG builds first commercial scale CO2 Capture Plant

28-Oct-2015 - Today the ETH spin-off company Climeworks AG, provider of solutions for efficiently capturing CO2 from ambient air, announced to construct and operate an industrial scale CO2 capture plant, which will worldwide for the first time sell atmospheric CO2 to a customer. The plant will be operational ...