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Eco-Innovation

Lab grown wood could mean no more deforestation, say scientists

The wood can be manipulated to take any shape meaning that a table could theoretically be grown fully formed.

28/01/2021

Green News

Meet the TikTok stars using viral videos to save the planet

EcoTok has harnessed the video sharing app to help Gen Z to see themselves in climate related careers.

28/01/2021

South Africa

Scientists are now using satellites to count elephants from space

The elephants are counted using a computer algorithm trained to identify the creatures against a variety of backdrops.

21/01/2021

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Huge iceberg in South Atlantic begins to break up

A new section that has broken off the iceberg, which is approximately the size of a small island, is so big it has been given its own label.

24/12/2020

Green News

Could buying green gifts bring you a 'warm glow' this festive season?

Researchers have found that we get far more enjoyment from green products.

18/12/2020

Green News

Human ‘stuff’ will soon weigh more than all living things on Earth

The mass of human made objects has doubled every 20 years since the beginning of the 20th century.

10/12/2020

United Kingdom

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine around 70% effective, study shows

New partial results from the AstraZeneca/Oxford University coronavirus vaccine trial have been published, showing it is safe and around 70% effective.

08/12/2020

USA

Watch: Enormous radio telescope collapses in Puerto Rico

The Arecibo Observatory was featured in Hollywood films including "Contact" in 1997 and the James Bond film "Goldeneye" in 1995.

04/12/2020

Netherlands

Researchers aim to create European historical scents library

A team of researchers aim to recreate scents from the last five centuries on the continent to bring a richer understanding of historical events like the Battle of Waterloo as well as day to day life.

17/11/2020

Green News

World’s population could easily survive on 60% less energy, says study

Even if it grows to 10 billion people by 2050.

12/10/2020

Green News

World’s biggest Arctic expedition brings back 1000 ice samples

It has been in stuck in the Arctic ice for a year.

10/10/2020

Sweden

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna win Nobel Prize

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded for discovering 'genetic scissors', a tool for 'rewriting the code of life'.

07/10/2020

Green News

This eco-friendly battery is powered by the smell of vanilla

Vanillin, a key ingredient in vanilla extract, takes the place of expensive and toxic rare metals.

02/10/2020

World News

United Arab Emirates in bid to be first Arab nation to reach moon

Plans for an Emirati mission to the moon come hot off the heels of the historic launch of its Mars probe in July.

29/09/2020

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On a mission to save our soils - the EU's plan to rebuild the land

In partnership with The European Commission

Rebuilding the degraded soils of Europe is one of the EU's missions within the new Horizon Europe framework, about to be launched. Euronews' Claudio Rosmino for Futuris investigates how new practices are rolling back years of ecological damage.

21/09/2020

World News

Life on Venus? Astronomers see hints of life in planet's clouds

Astronomers have found hints of life in the clouds surrounding Venus.

14/09/2020

Green News

EU must end overfishing to protect our oceans, say scientists

More than 300 experts have signed a statement to ask limits on fishing to be brought in line with scientific recommendations.

10/09/2020

World News

How science is made

If science was supposed to help us separate fact from fiction, why is scientific advice from experts constantly shifting when the world needs certainty the most?

09/09/2020

Eco-Innovation

Naturally coloured cotton is hailed as an environmental 'breakthrough'

Australian scientists came up with the 'gamechanger' solution for the textile industry.

04/09/2020

Green News

Grey reef sharks have a ‘social network’ of long-term friends

And it could make finding food easier for them.

13/08/2020