Author: Kirsi Seppänen

A total of 35 nations are currently collaborating to build tokamak, a magnetic fusion device, which aims to demonstrate the real potential of fusion as…

Saapa nähdä, selviävätkö hengissä ollenkaan, pohti tutkimusavustaja Hanna Suonia, kun hän kesäkuun alussa kantoi jokihelmisimpukan poikasia koekasvatukseen Mustionjokeen Raaseporissa. Puolitoista kuukautta myöhemmin hän saattoi jo…

Household food waste in the UK has increased by nearly a third as coronavirus lockdown restrictions have been eased and could spiral further, new research…

Construction of the ”UK’s first” highway made partly from waste plastic is now underway in Carlisle, where asphalt specialist MacRebur is working with Cumbria County…

ELG Carbon Fibre and Aerocircular NV have joined forces to establish a closed-loop recycling scheme for end-of-life aircraft carbon fibre waste streams. ‘Today, composite carbon…

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), found in many household products and food packages, have raised concerns because of their persistence and possible toxicity to people…

London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the London Recovery Board have jointly launched a £1.5bn infrastructure investment package, designed to reduce the city’s emissions and water…

Wild bees are worth some $1.5 billion to key fruit and vegetable crops in North America, according to new research that warned declines in these…

Eco Experts has published new analysis that has collated figures around the decrease of UK pollution due to government-mandated social distancing measures to control Coronavirus….

Two major global environmental issues are food contamination and waste disposal. Professor Wong Ming-hung, Advisor (Environmental Science), and Dr. Brian Man Yu-bon, Assistant Professor, at…

The European Union currently requires recycling of at least 50% of high-voltage batteries and the industry average is probably not much higher than the requirement….

During lockdown, Brits have sent clothing to landfill worth a potential £958,611,987, according to sliding wardrobe retailer Spaceslide. Data from WRAP recently revealed that Brits…

In recent days, Puerto Rico has emerged as a hotspot for the novel coronavirus. And, to make matters worse, large swathes of residents are combating…

A third of all new cars sold worldwide could be electric by the end of the decade, bringing the total number of EVs sold in…

Germany continues viewing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as an economic project and Berlin does not support unilateral economic sanctions of the United States…

Nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020, according to scientists who have revealed for the…

Korkeakoulut järjestävät lisähakuja kesäkuun lopusta elokuun puoliväliin. Niissä haetaan yhteishauissa täyttämättä jääneitä paikkoja. HAMKissa tämä niin sanottu kesähaku toteutetaan ajalla 3.8.-10.8.2020. Kesähaussa haetaan syksyllä 2020…

A Tel Aviv University breakthrough allows, for the first time, a local production of ethanol—and hand sanitizer—based on plant and paper waste, using a novel…

Clothing retailer H&M has said a dress it launched earlier this year dubbed as one of the world’s first truly recycled clothing items has been…

The Department of Energy is taking a fresh look at a tough research problem that has baffled experts for more than a decade: developing a…