Osaka University ties up with town of Okoppe to turn cow poop into methanol using LEDs

Jul 21, 2021 23:17 pm UTC| Science Economy

Researchers from the Osaka University and the town of Okoppe are conducting studies to produce methanol by illuminating biogas from cow manure with LEDs. Experiments were conducted at an agricultural and scientific...

Big bang: how we are trying to 'listen' to it – and the new physics it could unveil

Jul 18, 2021 10:36 am UTC| Science

Exactly what happened at the beginning of the universe, 14 billion years ago, is one of the greatest mysteries in physics theres no simple way to probe it. Thats because, in its early stages, the universe was filled with...

Critical race theory: What it is and what it isn't

Jul 01, 2021 04:57 am UTC| Science

U.S. Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana sent a letter to fellow Republicans on June 24, 2021, stating: As Republicans, we reject the racial essentialism that critical race theory teaches … that our institutions are racist...

Pentagon UFO report: No aliens, but government transparency and desire for better data might bring science to the UFO world

Jul 01, 2021 04:56 am UTC| Science

On June 25, 2021, the Pentagon released a much-anticipated report on UFOs to Congress. The military has rebranded unidentified flying objects as unidentified aerial phenomena UAPs in part to avoid the stigma that has been...

What happens when black holes collide with the most dense stars in the universe

Jul 01, 2021 03:46 am UTC| Science

For the first time, a faint signal caused by the merging of two almost equally mysterious objects a black hole and a neutron star has been recorded on Earth. On January 5 2020, when the world was first learning of the...

S. Korean researchers reveal method of using fat insects in producing eco-friendly biodiesel

Jun 26, 2021 22:14 pm UTC| Economy Science Business

South Korean researchers announced a method of producing environment-friendly fuels by utilizing the remains of high-fat black soldier flies. The method uses leftover fat from black soldier flies to produce animal feed,...

Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Suntory debut world’s first enzymatically recycled bottles

Jun 25, 2021 10:30 am UTC| Economy Science Business

A consortium that includes Nestlé, PepsiCo, and Suntory has produced the worlds first food-grade PET plastic bottles from enzymatically recycled plastic using Carbios recycling process. The bottles that have been...