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A team of researchers from Universitas Gadjah Mada in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, recently developed a shocking new technique to ...

BioCellection CEO Miranda Wang, 24, has invented a new way to break down plastic waste and prevent it from polluting the ocean.

The TUM robot, which weighs in at 120 kg, is enveloped by a buoyancy foam that keeps it in a suspended-like state in the ...

Negotiators working on a potentially historic international agreement to limit plastic pollution wrapped up talks this week in Ottawa, Canada, leaving some observers with guarded hope about the ...

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