After experimenting with a range of materials, the scientists created nano-sized plastic beads made from melamine and formaldehyde. They then discovered that mixing the sizes of the beads was the ...

Scientists discover smart way to generate energy with tiny beads Date: March 11, 2025 Source: Vrije Universiteit Brussel Summary: Researchers have discovered a new method to generate electricity ...

Some Mardi Gras parades are banning one of their most colorful traditions - tossing out plastic beads. Organizers are trying to cut down on the millions of pounds of trash they make each year.

Friends Bonnie Hill (right) and Fran Kruger (left) pose for a photo after catching glass beads at the Krewe of Freret parade on Feb. 22, 2025. Notably, not plastic beads. Freret banned plastic ...

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has urged parents and other adults to keep children under the age of five away from the beads, which are usually marketed as crafting tools, homeware or ...

With these plastic beads on the ground along every parade route, it is no wonder that flooding is increasingly becoming problematic in our below-sea-level city. When glass beads were thrown from ...

Beads have been central to the annual Carnival parade in Provincetown. But no more. At the 46th Annual Provincetown Carnival people participating in the Aug. 22 parade can no longer throw plastic ...

The Krewe on Tuesday (Feb. 27) announced a new ban on throwing traditional, plastic, and often forgotten beads. Krewe leaders say the initiative will remove over two million beads and more than ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Krewe of Freret will stop throwing plastic beads during its parade in 2025. According to a news release, the krewe is working to reduce the environmental impact of Mardi ...

(Photo by Sophia Germer, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate) Starting next year, riders will no longer be permitted to throw plastic beads. Krewe leaders estimate the change ...

The Krewe of Freret Mardi Gras has announced it will not permit riders to throw plastic beads in 2025 in “the name of environmental sustainability, community responsibility, and thought leadership,” ...

On Tuesday, the 13-year-old Krewe of Freret unveiled a strategy to reduce the bead deluge. Starting next year, riders will no longer be permitted to throw plastic beads. Krewe leaders estimate the ...