Exclusive chemical conversion of PET, bottles, textiles, and plastic waste mixtures
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Researchers in Tokyo Metropolitan University developed the efficient method for perfect and selective conversion of polyesters (textiles, cloth wastes, and PET bottle wastes etc.) to raw materials by simply heating a mixture of polyester and alcohol in the presence of iron catalyst. The findings will pave the way for solving the plastic waste problem.
In a paper published in Acta Mathematica Scientia, a team from South China University of Technology has advanced research on the vanishing viscosity limit of a parabolic-elliptic coupled system. A core breakthrough is the establishment of the global existence of this model with large perturbation and wave strength. Another lies in the derivation of explicit convergence rates for both Cauchy problems and initial boundary value problems, filling a gap in previous research.
An international study co-led by University of Calgary researchers has found new insulin delivery technology helps control glucose levels during pregnancy for those with Type 1 diabetes, which is crucial to the health of women and their newborns.