GEORGE TOWN: Penang will enforce a full ban on single-use plastic bags from Sept 1, with Aug 31 set as the final day they can be used, says state housing and environment committee chairman Sundarajoo ...

Who needs more than two employees when artificial intelligence can do so many corporate tasks? It’s super efficient — and a little bit lonely. Matthew Gallagher, 41, built his start-up, Medvi, with ...

A long-awaited Bill designed to stamp out single-use plastic pollution was tabled in Parliament today, eight years after it was first promised. But no plastic items will be banned until after the ...

Researchers have created a cutting-edge catalyst that turns CO2 into methanol more efficiently than ever before. Instead of using clumps of metal atoms, they engineered a system where each single ...

Commissary shoppers must pay for single-use plastic and paper bags starting April 6, the Defense Commissary Agency announced. (James Kimber/Navy) This article was updated to include the commissary ...

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Whether at home or at the office, there are few appliances as frustrating as a printer. They frequently get jammed, disconnect from the Wi-Fi, and it seems like you're constantly throwing away and ...

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...

The Santa Barbara City Council voted 4-1 to move forward with amendments to the city’s rules regarding single-use materials, restricting the use of Mylar balloons, plastic confetti, and disposable ...

In brief: The printing industry is widely criticized for forcing customers to purchase expensive ink cartridges from printer manufacturers instead of cheaper third-party alternatives. The city of Los ...

New Jersey restaurants will soon be prohibited from providing single-use cutlery or condiment packets unless a customer specifically requests them. As part of a bill signed Jan. 20 by outgoing Gov.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and AlveoliX have developed the first human 'lung-on-chip' model using stem cells taken from only one person. These chips simulate breathing motions and lung ...