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Graphene sheet model (stock image).Credit: © nobeastsofierce / Adobe Stock That banana peel, turned into graphene, can help facilitate a massive reduction of the environmental impact of concrete and other building materials. While you’re at it, toss in those plastic empties.advertisement A new process introduced by the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour can turn […]
Read More Lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flashLow-productivity agricultural land could be transformed into millions of hectares of conservation reserve across the world, according to University of Queensland-led research.advertisement The research team proposed a new way of understanding the conservation value of “uncontested lands” — areas where agricultural productivity is low. Dr Zunyi Xie, from UQ’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, […]
Read More Trashed farmland could be a conservation treasure