6BD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY by Bradley Davies https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui Please share links to a variety of resources related to science and technology issues. en-us 2018-05-15 02:33:28 UTC 2018-05-24 03:05:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Green building chanm261_3 https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260700466 2018-05-15 03:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260700466 Rising Waste Levels wanp3 https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260700688 By 2020, Hong Kong's landfills will be full to bursting with rubbish. Trash will be everywhere, and it would be unhealthy for people to live- unclean for everyone. 

Janice Wan]]> 2018-05-15 03:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260700688 Ideonella Sakaiensis wanp3 https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260701113 In 2016, Japanese biologists found bacteria that could break down PET plastic using two enzymes.]]> 2018-05-15 03:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260701113 The Accident wanp3 https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260701942 Very recently, scientists have accidentally created a mutant enzyme that could break down PET plastic even faster. The naturally occuring one had to take 6 weeks to only break down a thumbnail- sized piece of plastic. The 'mutant' one still takes days, but it isn't as slow.

Scientists believe that the bacteria can continue to be improved.]]> 2018-05-15 03:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260701942 wanp3 https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260704600 The Ideonella Sakaiensis can only survive in places where it is 15-40ºc with soil ph around 5.5-9.0. However, it grows best in places with around 30-37ºc and 7.0-7.5 soil ph.]]> 2018-05-15 03:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260704600 Rising Waste Levels Hong Kong wanp3 https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260858090 2018-05-15 14:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/260858090 Links wanp3 https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/261074470 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2132650-newly-evolved-microbes-may-be-breaking-down-ocean-plastics/ 
http://mentalfloss.com/article/540380/scientists-accidentally-make-plastic-eating-bacteria-even-more-efficient 
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/could-plastic-gobbling-bacteria-save-environment-180958386/. https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Ideonella_sakaiensis
]]> 2018-05-16 03:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/261074470 MTR Research Grid wanp3 https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/261092768 2018-05-16 05:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/261092768 Football: Can cheating be caught on camera? user_1412841731 https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/261416782 A top Premier League referee was in Hong Kong this week. He shared that video technology cannot capture all problems during a game! Then how can the playing of football improve?]]> 2018-05-17 00:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/user_1412841731/1ko4l7wbe2ui/wish/261416782