By 2050 it will be almost impossible to find a seabird that hasn’t eaten plastic, predicts a new Australian study. […]
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World’s oceans clogged with plastic debris
Almost 269,000 tonnes of plastic pollution may be floating in the world’s oceans, according a team of scientists from around […]
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Tableware made from melamine-containing plastics may leach some of the compound into food if it is served hot, according to […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: ‘Magic’ process turns kiwifruit into gold
Michael Dickison writes in the New Zealand Herald about work by NZ scientists which has allowed kiwifruit to be turned […]
Continue readingNZ Herald:Waste plastics pose toxic threat in oceans
Steve Connor of the New Zealand Herald writes about the newest threat posed to our oceans: the chemicals produced when […]
Continue readingBiomaterials – from animal blood to plastic
Living in a world where commercial products are continuously getting smarter and smaller, it’s no surprise that scientific research is […]
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