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Arburg at Interplas 2026: Pioneering trends for the British and Irish plastics industry
This marks the first time Arburg’s new standard electric Allrounder Trend machines will be on show to a large trade visitor audience in the U.K.
Scientists use bacteria to transform trash into cosmetic ingredients
This finding promises to potentially help create a more sustainable path to manufacturing medium-chain carboxylic acids (MCCAs), which is a family of molecules used in the making of cosmetics, cleaning products, agricultural feed, antimicrobials and nutritional supplements.
“Click-clotting” halts bleeding in seconds and could reshape emergency care
The new approach, dubbed "click clotting," unites red blood cell surface proteins via a chemical reaction, thus producing a biocompatible clot that is reportedly 13 times more fracture resistant and four times more adhesive than natural blood clots.
Beer waste finds new life as eco-friendly paper
According to the researchers, the brewer's spent grain features a composition rich in cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin — which also happen to be key components for papermaking.
Depleted oil fields repurposed for hydrogen supply
The commercialization and global deployment of subsurface hydrogen production from depleted oil and gas reservoirs advances in a collaborative effort involving Eclipse Energy and Wood.
Fruit wash eliminates 94% of pesticides, keeps grapes fresh for 15 days at room temperature
The new solution, developed by a team from the University of British Columbia (UBC), reportedly removes the majority of surface chemicals and helps fruit stay fresh for longer.
100% recyclable construction slabs turn building rubble into high-strength alternative materials
This alternative to existing construction materials, developed through the SARCOS project, takes debris from demolished buildings and turns it into high-quality floor slabs that are equally as strong as standard ones.
EmissionVision to automate advanced gas leak detection
This new workflow management platform simplifies adoption of advanced gas leak detection.
Apple waste could fuel vehicles, nourish livestock
Apple pomace represents roughly 25% to 30% of processed apples and is typically treated as waste even though it possesses rich carbohydrate content and strong potential for bioconversion.
Bioengineered chewing gum targets cancer-linked oral microbes without harming beneficial bacteria
Researchers observed levels of three microbes associated with cancer — including human papilloma virus, or HPV, and two species of bacteria, Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) and Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) — in oral samples taken from HNSCC patients.
Bottled lightning turns methane into liquid fuel
Bursts of plasma convert methane into methanol without the high heat and pressures required in current industrial processes.
Waste plastic to fuel future flights
A new facility will consume some of the 5 million tons/year of waste plastics generated in the U.K. alone and yield an ecologically sound aviation fuel.
A smart solution for well completion
A micro-proppant derived from coal combustion byproducts offers an economical tool to enhance the efficiency of oil and gas well completions.
Beer waste could power new sunscreen as spent hops show strong UV protection
This waste is an abundant source of bioactive compounds — for example, bitter acids, polyphenols and essential oils. Polyphenols in particular have strong antioxidant properties, which gives them the potential to protect skin from the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays.
Teabags brew arsenic-free water
Devices composed of cellulose, embedded with magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and filled with pulverized eggshells target arsenic in water.
The race to build cold-weather batteries
From new chemistries to liquefied gas electrolytes, battery developers are rethinking cell design to keep electrified systems running in extreme cold.
Eucalyptus bark waste gets a second life as a carbon filter for cleaner water, air
The eucalyptus bark can be converted into a highly porous carbon through a one-step activation method, resulting in a material featuring a network of microscopic pores capable of trapping pollutants as air or water passes through.
Light-responsive hydrogel films rapidly reshape surfaces
With the potential for applications in sensing, photonics and biomedical devices, the films combine high sensitivity, fast actuation, precise spatial control and reversibility, thus enabling surfaces to be repeatedly reconfigured via remote optical stimulation.
Oyster-inspired cement could pave the way for stronger, faster-setting construction materials
Researchers developed the patent-pending oyster-based cement, which is expected to fortify traditional cement that can become brittle and weak over time, thus leading to weakened concrete.
Textured plastic surfaces destroy viruses on contact
The flexible acrylic surface of the film is textured with ultra-fine structures called nanopillars, which grasp and then stretch the outer shell of the virus, thereby rupturing and killing the virus via mechanical force instead of chemical disinfectants.