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Meet Vera Wang, the Hawaii high school senior who built a coconut-based ocean filter as a sophomore; two years later, she found fungi in coconut husks that can biodegrade plastic and sunscreen

Wang’s work, done in the lab of Anthony Amend at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, was recognized at the 2026 Hawaiʻi State Science & Engineering Fair What started as a high school project to clean polluted ocean water has turned into a promising scientific discovery. Hawaii’s Kaiser High School senior Vera Wang was the…

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NLSIU students disapprove of BCI chairman and CJI attending convocation

NLSIU students express solidarity with NALSAR amid BCI controversy BENGALURU: Students and alumni of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) have expressed strong disapproval over Bar Council of India (BCI) chairman Manan Kumar Mishra attending the university’s convocation without taking responsibility for his conduct in the NALSAR University of Law issue as also…

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Archaeologists found a young woman, believed to be 14 to 19, buried with a 32-to 34-week fetus in a Swedish cave; the remains may be up to 9,500 years old

On a small island off the coast of Sweden, a tragedy lay buried for thousands of years, hidden in the depths of a cave. Buried under ancient sediment, were the bones of a young woman and a fetus, estimated to be around 32 to 34 weeks of gestation.The shocking discovery was made by archaeologists in…

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What changes from August 15

Petrol export levy cut to nil, diesel and ATF duties retained The government has scrapped the export levy on petrol for the next fortnight while continuing to charge duties on diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF), according to a ministry of finance notification issued on Friday.The revised rates will take effect from August 15, with…

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kevin sun the 17 year old massachusetts student

Meet Kevin Sun, the 17-year-old Massachusetts student who built a dissolvable wireless tag to help recycling plants sort plastic

Kevin Sun, the 17-year-old Massachusetts student (Image Credit: Society For Science) At just 17, Kevin Sun of Andover, Massachusetts, has developed a technology that could address one of the biggest challenges in plastic recycling: sorting different types of plastic accurately. Sun created a dissolvable radio-frequency tag that works like a wireless barcode, allowing plastic materials…

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