Urban Mining
Silver from washing machine waste, gold from incinerated sludge, selenium from wastewater – an increasing number of projects recover valuable elements from waste and turn a net profit, Michael Gross reports.
Shock ruling on gene editing
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in July 2018 that onerous EU regulations for GMOs should also be applied to gene edited crops.
Safer Li-ion batteries
Lithium ion battery fires have resulted in burns and house fires, and even a plane crash.