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February 15, 2023

Retrofitting homes has been an important part of climate action for some time now. Older buildings use more energy to do the…

November 17, 2022

Not all plastics come from fossil fuels. You can make plastics using biological materials, and you can make them at home! Since…

October 5, 2022

You have probably heard environmentalists make countless claims about the danger aviation poses to the environment. But is flying really so much…

September 21, 2022

Introduction We like to think of climate change as something that has only recently become understood by scientists. After all, if we…

August 18, 2022

It’s been a really great few weeks for the Grain-4-Lab team, who have had three articles appear on the RTÉ Brainstorm website.…

October 15, 2021

If you decide to take a trip from Hawaii to Vancouver by boat, you will be met with an obstacle. This obstacle…

August 9, 2021

You may have heard people talking about the Circular Bioeconomy. It is a concept that has gained more and more traction in…

July 29, 2021

On the 3rd of July 2021, a new EU law came into effect that is set to change the face of waste…

July 6, 2021

If you are in the business of reducing plastic waste, life science laboratories are your worst nightmare. So much of the plastic…

May 1, 2021

Plastics are incredible materials. They can be extremely durable, heat-resistant and, best of all, cheap to produce. Plastics are so great, in…