The European Union plans to implement legislation on a universal charger for mobile devices by the summer of 2020, to decrease electronic waste accumulated as a result of different chargers. It's not just smartphones; they insist that this universal charger be applicable for tablets, e-books, smart cameras, wearable gadgets, and a lot more. http://www.inkl.com/newsletters/morning-edition/news/european-union-votes-in-favor-of-universal-charger-for-mobile-devices?

British scientists who announced last week their discovery of a new type of cancer-killing T-cell have entered a partner

Australian scientists have achieved what was previously thought impossible, a ‘nano-thin’, ultra-flexible and printable touchs

Many countries used to send their dirtiest recycling to China, where cheap labor sorted through the mess extracting valuables and dumping the rest. Plastic waste is a particular problem. But in 2017, China severely tightened rules for taking contaminated trash.The Recycling Partnership in the US tested  a program that educates citizens on what materials had value to recyclers. They found that what worked best was sending a mailing that educated residents on the rules, then following up by enforcing those rules uncompromisingly. This included putting a team of inspectors out to evaluate each recycling bin and leave Oops cards on bins they rejected for collection. https://www.bloomberg.com/ne

The tactic dates back to 1985, when a 7-Eleven in Canada came up with the idea after brainstorming with a group of psych