Monday, September 1, 2025

Tag: biodegradable

Singapore scientists develop paper-thin biodegradable battery

“We believe the paper battery we have developed could potentially help with the electronic waste problem, given that our printed paper battery is non-toxic and does not require aluminum or plastic casings to encapsulate the battery components."

Scientists develop truly biodegradable plastics

While biodegradable plastics have been touted as a solution to plastic pollution, in practice they don't work as advertised.

Peruvian innovators launch banana leaf biodegradable dishes to combat plastic consumption

Chewa Plant aims to manufacture and commercialize the disposable dishes to help reduce plastic consumption and the pollution it causes.

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AI death panels or cost control? Medicare pilot hands denials to private algorithms

Federal pilot in Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington will pay private A.I. firms a cut of “savings,” prompting warnings of “AI death panels” and the “very worst of private insurance.”

From Guernica to Gaza

“Do not think yourself better because you burn up friends and enemies with long-range missiles without ever seeing what you have done.”

Wednesday night massacre at CDC: Resignations, walkout, and a showdown over vaccine policy

After the removal of Director Susan Monarez, top CDC officials resign and staff walk out as RFK Jr.’s HHS faces bipartisan alarm.

DRC to open bids for oil and gas drilling putting pristine forest and endangered...

Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) government opened another round of auctioning for 52 oil blocks, which threatens 64 percent of the country’s pristine forest.

When will MAGA Trump’s reckless war against America cause an equal, GOP-demolishing backlash?

Trumpism has always been a bad faith magic trick but day by day becomes America’s indefensible bad joke.