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Can the plastics industry be 100% sustainable? This study thinks so

By recycling more plastics, the main raw material in their production would no longer be crude oil but shredded plastic waste. This would cut emissions.

Here's how fertilizer could be produced more sustainably

Electrifying fertilizer production for agriculture by using water electrolysis could help protect the climate and increase food security, say researchers.

This zero-energy device collects water from the air

Researchers have developed a condenser that's able to harvest water 24 hours a day with no energy input, which could help tackle water insecurity globally.

This band is storing their best-selling album in DNA 

Though expensive, data stored in DNA can last for thousands of years and copies can be made quickly.

This gene sequencing method can track how the immune system produces antibodies

A new control system based on genetic barcodes is making genetic sequencing far more reliable.

Should we rethink our views of ageing and dementia?

Biochemists at ETH Zurich suggest that protein deposits in cells do have positive, as well as negative, effects.

Could this device identify the risk of a premature birth?

How methanol became a crude competitor

Do intelligent people’s brains work more efficiently?

A new view of the powerhouse of our cells

How researchers can analyse the causes of cancer

What’s causing a nitrogen build-up in the oceans?

Does this prove one of Einstein’s theories?

A new way of delivering targeted drugs

A new class of antibiotic