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Researchers Develop Biobased Film that Could Replace Traditional Plastic Packaging

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<p>A biologically based film made from natural ingredients found in plants, mushrooms, and food waste </p>

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678529
Nov 04, 2025

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a biologically based film made from natural ingredients found in plants, mushrooms, and food waste that can block moisture and oxygen as effectively as conventional plastics

How the US Can Mine Its Own Critical Minerals — Without Digging New Holes

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Piles of rare earth oxides praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium and gadolinium. Peggy Greb/USDA-ARS
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<p>Piles of rare earth oxides praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium and gadolinium. Peggy Greb/USDA-ARS</p>

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677059
May 06, 2025

Every time you use your phone, open your computer or listen to your favorite music on AirPods, you are relying on critical minerals.

‘Biochar’ Can Naturally Clean the Pollution that Rain Washes Off Georgia’s Roads

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<p>Professor Yongsheng Chen (left) and Ph.D. student Ahmed Yunus work with a wastewater reactor system in the lab. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)</p>

Mercury ID
677386
Jul 10, 2025

A new study shows how the material made from leaves and branches that collect on forest floors can be mixed with local soil to filter out road grime before it reaches waterways.

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