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Hyderabad-born MIT astronomer Rohan Naidu, who dropped out of engineering at 18 & loves Test cricket, is behind the 'Black Hole Star' discoveryBlack Hole Star: A Hyderabad-born astronomer and fellow scientists have identified a possible ‘black hole star’ using the James Webb Space ...
Most kitchens have a plastic cutting board, but a 2023 study found that chopping on one can shed tens of millions of microplastic particles a year straight into your foodChopping vegetables on plastic boards releases millions of tiny plastic particles annually. Polypropylene boards shed more microplastics th...
A 15-year-old from Ontario built a bionic underwater “robot turtle” that detects what is quietly killing our seas and just won $50,000 for itA young innovator has created BURT, a robotic turtle that moves quietly underwater. This AI-powered machine mimics natural swimming to obse...
The Earth Prize 2026 winners: Indian teens develop tamarind-based solution to remove microplastics from waterThree Indian teenagers have earned international acclaim for developing "Plas-Stick," a biodegradable solution to remove microplastics from...
The ancient miracle tree that filters your tap water better than any man-made system ever couldNew research published in ACS Omega reveals that Moringa oleifera seeds can remove over 98 percent of harmful microplastics, including dang...
Amazon Great Freedom Festival 2025: Best Water Purifier Deals you Can’t MissThe Amazon Great Freedom Festival 2025 is here, and it's bringing some of the best water purifier deals you can’t miss. Whether you are loo...
How Bengaluru techies turned Apple AirPods into hearing aids with the help of aluminum foil, microwaveThree young tech enthusiasts from India have found a workaround to activate the hearing aid feature on Apple's AirPods Pro 2. The feature i...
FSSAI launches project to address microplastic contamination in Indian food productsFSSAI launched a project to tackle microplastic contamination in food, starting in March. The initiative involves collaboration with key re...
Your salt and sugar packets contain harmful microplastics: Iodised salt has the highest, rock salt lowest, study findsA study by Toxics Link found that all tested Indian salt and sugar brands contain microplastics. The research revealed various forms of mic...
To trash or not to trash: Futility of the recycling symbol and plastic conundrumThe unhelpful symbol is just one aspect of a recycling system that is far too confusing to be broadly effective.
View: Wrap it up, swachh from plasticThe UN Environment Programme finds the world adding 300 million tonnes of plastic waste every year to the accumulated pile of about 7 billi...