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Turning grapevine waste into clear, strong, biodegradable films for food packaging - a sustainable solution to plastic pollution. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

Scientists turn grapevine waste into clear, strong films that vanish in days
Amid growing concerns over plastic waste and microplastics, researchers are turning agricultural leftovers into biodegradable packaging. Using cellulose extracted from unlikely sources, including grapevine canes, they have created strong, transparent films that break down in just 17 days without leaving harmful residue.

TESS Subgiant and Lower Red Giant Asteroseismology in the Continuous Viewing Zones
Sophia Grusnis, Jamie Tayar, Diego Godoy-Rivera
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12513 https://

TESS Subgiant and Lower Red Giant Asteroseismology in the Continuous Viewing Zones
Asteroseismology, the study of stellar oscillations, and stellar modeling both offer profound insights into the fundamental properties and evolution of stars. With pySYD, a new open-source Python package, we were able to constrain the asteroseismic global parameters, $ν_{max}$ and $Δν$, for 82 solar-like oscillating subgiant and lower red giant stars, filling in the region between the Kepler dwarfs and giants. Using asteroseismic scaling relations, we were able to compute seismic masses, rad…

Trump regime feeling emperor vibes.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jd-vance-ohio-lake-water-levels

In March, Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker that he was “not joking” about considering a third term.
There are “methods” by which he could do so, he claimed,
one being if Vice President JD Vance was to win the presidency, then pass the baton to Trump.
In May, however, Trump declared to Welker that he will be “a two-term president”
—though he seemingly couldn’t help but add,
“There are ways of doing it.”
In August, he said he would “like to run” again but “pro…

Amy Coney Barrett Gives Least Reassuring Answer on Trump Third Term
This Supreme Court is failing us.

Zaluzhnyi declined call from Vance days after Oval Office clash, Guardian reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/25/zaluzhnyi-declined-call-from-vance.html

JD Vance flunks the basics on World War II as the White House targets history museums (Steve Benen/MSNBC)
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jd-vance-flunks-basics-world-war-ii-white-house-targets-history-museum-rcna226952
http://www.memeorandum.com/250825/p67#a250825p67

Pose-Free 3D Quantitative Phase Imaging of Flowing Cellular Populations
Enze Ye, Wei Lin, Shaochi Ren, Yakun Liu, Xiaoping Li, Hao Wang, He Sun, Feng Pan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04848

Pose-Free 3D Quantitative Phase Imaging of Flowing Cellular Populations
High-throughput 3D quantitative phase imaging (QPI) in flow cytometry enables label-free, volumetric characterization of individual cells by reconstructing their refractive index (RI) distributions from multiple viewing angles during flow through microfluidic channels. However, current imaging methods assume that cells undergo uniform, single-axis rotation, which require their poses to be known at each frame. This assumption restricts applicability to near-spherical cells and prevents accurate …

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer #JUICE is on track for its gravity-assist flyby at #Venus on 31 August, following the successful resolution of a spacecraft communication #anomaly that temporarily severed contact with Earth: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Juice_team_resolves_anomaly_on_approach_to_Venus

Telkens weer vallen jongens voor bewegingen die autoriteit combineren met kameraadschap en een heldere visie op mannelijkheid. Opinie van mij over de manosphere en het idee dat het allemaal aan de media ligt https://www.

Opinie: ‘Als jongens radicaliseren door influencers, is dat vaak tijdelijk: als ze ouder worden, gaat hun beeld botsen met de realiteit’
Niemand beweert meer dat je gaat moorden door films of suïcide pleegt vanwege metal. Maar het beeld dat jongens radicaliseren door sociale media alleen is volgens mediawetenschapper Linda Duits nog hardnekkig. Goed nieuws: hun radicalisering is vaak tijdelijk.