🐟 Simple improvement gives much more food from all caught fish
By sorting the different parts of the fish in a better way and immersing the parts that quickly go rancid in a special solution, it is possible to get more out of caught fish than we currently do.
🌳 Ide Willow removes pollutants from old industrial sites
Willow plants can clean contaminated soil and remove over 80 percent of some pollutants over a ten-year period.
🚝 An automatic robot can give us better maintenance of the railway
Researchers have produced a prototype of a robot that independently detects and repairs damage to the rails.
🦠Easier and cheaper to map resistant bacteria
A new method makes it possible to identify resistant bacteria with much simpler equipment than the ones we use today.
🐛 Super larvae revel in plastic
An enzyme in the stomach of a larva can break down plastic which can then be used as a basis for new bioplastic.
🩺 E-tattoo keeps track of your blood pressure
An almost imperceptible sensor that continuously measures blood pressure can give healthcare a much better idea of what a patient's blood pressure really looks like.
🔋 Mathematical model can give us better batteries
Researchers have found a method to see how different materials can affect lithium metal batteries without having to do any physical experiments.
🌅 A floating drone "eats" pollutants before they can reach the sea
A small drone can gather pollutants from the water in urban environments, which is both easier and cheaper than doing it when the debris already has reached the sea.
🥤 Plastic waste on the beaches of Australia has decreased by almost a third
With simple measures such as raising awareness and increasing the fine for littering, Australian authorities have succeeded in reducing the littering of beaches.