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Cement has major environmental impacts. This new process could provide plentiful, energy-efficient carbon-negative building materials

New Scientist |
An abundant mineral called olivine can help make carbon-negative cement. This process could help tackle cement’s large carbon footprint – ...
We may soon be able to genetically engineer a synthetic alternative to palm oil, helping to preserve biodiversity. Here are the challenges

We may soon be able to genetically engineer a synthetic alternative to palm oil, helping to preserve biodiversity. Here are the challenges

Undark |
Tom Jeffries and Tom Kelleher met at Rutgers University in the 1970s while studying industrially useful microbes. Jeffries went on to ...
Reversing deforestation and biodiversity loss: Can synthetic palm oil help protect the world’s tropical forests?

Reversing deforestation and biodiversity loss: Can synthetic palm oil help protect the world’s tropical forests?

Yale Environment 360 |
The world’s cheapest and most widely used vegetable oil, palm oil production is a primary driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss in ...
‘Nature’s gift to neuroscience’: Squids have a lot to tell us about the mystery of the human brain

‘Nature’s gift to neuroscience’: Squids have a lot to tell us about the mystery of the human brain

National Geographic |
Hundreds of times larger than the largest axon in humans, [squid axon] girth allows electrical impulses to travel rapidly into ...