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Ripe blackcurrant fruits

Blackcurrants could help end bad (for the planet) hair days

Published
30 May 2018
Categories
Environment
Science

Natural dyes extracted from blackcurrant waste created during Ribena manufacture have for the first time been used in an effective new hair dyeing technology, developed at the University of Leeds.

Chew Reservoir, fed by blanket peat moorland, Peak District, northern England

Peatland contributions to UK water security

Published
15 May 2018
Categories
Science
Environment

Peatlands are vital to UK water security and must be protected to preserve the UK’s water supply, warn scientists.