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February 28, 2025

Airlines Ban In-Flight Power Bank Use After Fire Destroys Aircraft

Major airlines are introducing stricter rules for power banks following several concerning safety incidents, including a fire that led to an emergency evacuation on an Air Busan plane earlier this year. Eva

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News

BAPE Rejects Falco’s Horne 5 Mine Proposal; Stock Drops 25.8% to $0.23

The Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) believes that Ressources Falco’s new underground mine project (Horne 5) in Rouyn-Noranda is “not acceptable” in its current form. In its 281-page investigation report, the BAPE investigation commission summarizes that the project does

January 16, 2025

Plasma Polymers Turn Oregano Oil into Hydrophobic Barriers for Germany’s $503B Packaging Industry

Materials

Plasma-polymerized plant extracts are creating microporous hydrophobic barriers on cellulosic substrates at Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST, offering a biochemical

Inland Empire Tops List of America’s Worst Air Quality Zones for 2023

Pollution·USA

A new study has revealed the areas in the U.S. with the worst air quality in the country. According to new research, the Inland