Scientists have discovered a breakthrough that could change the future of fashion: ‘This will be the last step’

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Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a basic method of recycling clothes that can destroy fabrics in just 15 minutes, which could have major consequences for the fashion industry. Textile waste has a negative impact on the world. Globally, it’s estimated that more than 101 million tons of fashion waste ends up in … Read more

Converging numbers boost confidence in climate change science, research suggests

Converging numbers boost confidence in climate change science

University of Oregon researchers and their colleagues created four types of tweets to compare user engagement with numerical and non-numerical presentations of climate science information. Credit: University of Oregon The idea of ​​presenting hard numbers like “90%” with words like “almost all” can help make science and math more accessible, but new research shows that’s … Read more

These bacteria cause a sex change in wasps – scientists finally know how

Parasitoid wasp emerging from parasitised whitefly scale.

Bacteria that live in parasitic wasps eliminate all male wasps from the population. Now, scientists have discovered one way to do it. Long ago, bacteria borrowed sex-determining genes from other insects, and now use them to secrete proteins that change male eggs, a study published in March in the journal. Genome Biology found. “When we … Read more