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Turning the tide on plastic waste

Turning the tide on plastic waste

Sulzer Chemtech has helped to open new doors in the reuse of ocean-bound plastic waste by providing technical support to Tide Ocean SA and the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences.

Unique balloon-driven hybrid mobile network in Zanzibar

Unique balloon-driven hybrid mobile network in Zanzibar

World Mobile’s balloons will be the first officially to launch in Africa for commercial use, providing a more cost-effective way to provide digital connection to people, compared with rolling out legacy internet infrastructure.

Rocket fuel made on Mars could propel astronauts back to Earth

Rocket fuel made on Mars could propel astronauts back to Earth

Researchers have come up with a new way to make rocket fuel on Mars that could launch future astronauts back to Earth.

Looking to the future: British patient is fitted with the world’s first 3D printed eye

Looking to the future: British patient is fitted with the world’s first 3D printed eye

A patient has been fitted with a cutting-edge 3D printed prosthetic eye for the first time ever, as part of a unique collaboration led by UCL researchers and Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

‘Super jelly’ can survive being run over by a car

‘Super jelly’ can survive being run over by a car

Researchers have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the equivalent of an elephant standing on it, and completely recover to its original shape, even though it’s 80% water.

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