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Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges

Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges

24 May 2018

Last week we learned a chemical that harms the ozone layer is being emitted in Asia – and now it seems sloppy recycling might be partly to blame

Plastics made fireproof thanks to mother-of-pearl mimic

Plastics made fireproof thanks to mother-of-pearl mimic

19 July 2017

A method for quickly coating objects in a thin, environmentally safe mother-of-pearl-like film could protect food or electronics from the elements

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