An Australian plastics scientist has won the inaugural Prime Minister's Prize for New Innovators for creating a process that allows manufacturers to replace glass components with light-weight plastic.
The circular economy principles of re-use and recycle are enabling Morgan Advanced Materials to significantly improve its environmental health and safety targets, and turn waste furnace rock into new roads.
The Swedish government has proposed to change the country’s consumer cycle from one of a disposable culture of ‘buy, use, throwaway, buy’ to a more rational one of ‘buy, use and repair'.
Land mines could become a thing of the past, at least that's the aim of a team that has created a drone it hopes will put an end to the destructive device which still kills and maims over 20,000 people each year.
We drive a lot during the day. We usually do it automatically and rarely think how everything works in our vehicle starting from the ignition and ending with the friction of tyres against the road.
A boat powered solely by renewable energies and hydrogen is preparing for its maiden journey in February when it will set off for its historic trip around the world.
