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‘Summer is cancelled’, health secretary Matt Hancock suggested last week, and it is likely most will be looking to recoup their money from cancelled flights rather than spend it on new ones. But those with thousands of air miles might be considering alternate uses for them rather than wait for life to return to normality. … Read more
Italian medics are converting snorkelling masks into makeshift ventilator masks in order to plug the shortage of medical equipment during the coronavirus outbreak. As hospitals face an overload of COVID-19 patients struggling to breathe, innovative medical staff have used 3D printed valves to adapt ordinary full face snorkelling masks from sports stores such as Decathlon into … Read more
New bendable screens made from FISH SCALES are fully biodegradable in just 24 days and could help minimize the environmental impact of electric devices Scientists in China created a new kind of electric screen made from fish scales The small, bendable screens are made from gelatins extracted from the scales The screens will dissolve in … Read more
The decline of the great British pub is nothing to raise a glass to, but the growing trend of converting old inns into new homes means it’s not last orders yet. The fall in numbers of pubs has been spectacular. There were 99,000 a century ago, compared to just 39,130 today. ‘Unfortunately pubs continue to … Read more
Canadian researchers will transform shells from the invasive and cannibalistic European green crab into a biodegradable plastic for party cups and cutlery Invasive European green crabs have taken over a Nova Scotia national park A McGill University chemist has started a program to turn the crabs into plastic Her team will harvest a chemical called … Read more