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Heroes IrelandTeenager Uses What He Learned in Chemistry Class to Remove Microplastics from Oceans
18-year-old Irish Fionn Ferreira has invented a magnetic liquid trap that is able to affordably remove 90% of microplastics from the ocean – all thanks to an oil spill he spotted on a rock when he was kayaking that reminded him of a chemistry lesson.
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Technology
Technology SpainScientists Found Ways To Predict El Niño’s Weather Effects a Year Ahead
Scientists have developed a new model allowing them to predict El Niño over a year ahead, giving threatened countries – from Peru to Indonesia and Australia – more time to prepare for the complex weather pattern to come.
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Society
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Health South AfricaNew Vaccine Against Biggest Killer Disease Could Save Millions of Lives
An experimental vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s most lethal infectious disease, has shown promising results, protecting around half of the 3,300 adults who got it according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Technology England“Artificial Leaf” Could Be Major Step to Produce Sustainable Fuel
University of Cambridge researchers in England have demonstrated that a widely-used gas – syngas – can be produced sustainably without the use of fossil fuels, bringing them one step closer to developing an eco-friendly liquid fuel alternative to petrol.
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Environment
EnvironmentNew Study: Some Plastics Degrade Much, Much Faster Than We Thought
A team of scientists in Massachusetts, USA studying plastics largely polluting our oceans have recently revealed an astonishing discovery: polystyrene, used to make many everyday single-use plastic items, can degrade a whole lot faster than the “thousands of years” previously believed.
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