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Are biofuels a load of rubbish?

Turning our waste paper in to biofuel could replace over 5% of global petrol consumption.

Seeing is Believing

Constructing extremely small lenses can help overcome Abbe's diffraction limit, which limits seeing very small objects with regular light.

Heavy Metal Packaging

Researchers in Argentina have developed a new approach to testing food packaging for trace amounts of the toxic heavy metal cadmium.

Charity Computers and Environmental Waste

Indiscriminately accepting charitable donations of old electronic equipment might not be worth the cost of increased waste.

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