Have you ever sorted your recycling carefully, left it at the kerb, and still wondered if any of it actually makes a difference? That feeling has a reason behind it. Most of what goes into recycling ...

Abstract: The increasing demand for programming education and growing class sizes require immediate and personalized feedback. However, integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT in ...

This study developed and validated an AI-driven, transferable city-scale assessment framework for municipal living plastic waste. By aligning life-cycle environmental accounting with process-based ...

Microplastics are everywhere, and the numbers keep rising. Why? The obvious answer is that there are more of them — but that ...

Previous reports have suggested that Apple is planning to fit a 200-megapixel camera to an iPhone in either 2027 or 2028. While squeezing ever more pixels into the same size sensor would be bad news ...

Despite efforts to toss empty soda cans and take-out containers into recycling bins, most of the plastic people use every day ends up in a landfill(opens in new ...

Abstract: This paper presents the design, development, and implementation of a displacement sensor system using Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) technology. The system utilizes a laser diode, four optical ...

March Madness will be officially underway in just a few hours when the full 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket is released. There are a handful of teams that are considered "locks" for the 68-team field ...

Scientists racing to tackle plastic pollution have created a surprising new contender: a biodegradable packaging film made partly from milk protein. Researchers at Flinders University blended calcium ...