Will the gasoline in your car be made out of oceanic CO2 in the future? It may sound strange now, but in the future this might be one of the ways we combat climate change and the warming that CO2 causes. Research conducted in 2021 by Straatman and van Sark shows potential to take CO2…

By Iris Don Ever get tired of how much tampons cost you each month? What if there was a safe, sustainable, and considerably cheaper alternative? This article will discuss everything you need to know about the menstrual cup, focusing on the pros and cons compared to other products. The menstrual cup is a small medical-grade…

By Alissa Kerklingh New research has shown that energy poverty is a growing problem in the Netherlands. That is why in this article we look at what energy poverty is, what possible solutions are and we provide opportunities to reduce your energy consumption yourself.   ENERGY POVERTY Energy poverty is a serious problem in the…

While the lights are turned OFF, your brain is still ON Allow me to paint you a scene. You’re 30-ish and you’ve been able to scramble together the whole shebang; Lovely partner, kids, a job, some good friends to spend your Friday evenings with, etc. All fun and games, of course, but also a bit…

By Jaap Langenhoff Have you ever wondered what will happen with your excrement after flushing the toilet? The fact that it might turn into a ready to use toothbrush made from plastic would probably come as a surprise. According to scientists from the Wider business Opportunities for raw materials from Wastewater (WOW) project, sewage contains…

By Yihong Li   Our food demand has increased over the years. New sustainable future food source is required to help traditional agriculture to fill the food shortage because the growing temperature of our planet and climate change has caused more natural threats to the crop, resulting in more harm to the crop yield. Thus, how…

Now that even McDonalds has introduced a McPlant, there is no way around it: plant-based meat substitutes will be more and more available. What kind of meat substitutes are actually available in the supermarket? And what can be expected from meat substitutes in the future? In the coming year, a team of Utrecht and Danish…

Written by Tara Wingelaar Growing artificial eyes with your own DNA in a lab. This sounds like an interesting futuristic scenario, but this is already being done in labs. A research team from the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf has recently grown small brains in the laboratory that can also grow eyes. The eye structures…

By Rebecca Kuijpers   Perhaps you have recently seen an article about the use of bio-asphalt in the Netherlands. This is being experimented with in more and more places in the Netherlands. In June 2021, for example, a 250-metre-long test section was constructed on the N987 between Siddeburen and Wagenborgen with completely plant-based asphalt. This…

Everyone knows it or has experienced it themselves. You see someone yawning and you get the urge to yawn yourself. It is often mentioned that when you yawn when someone else yawns you have a good relationship with that person. It was often said that contagious yawning has to do with empathy, empathizing with someone else’s feelings. Only is…