Business OperationsTakeaway Coffee Cups Release Thousands of Microplastic Particles
It’s 7:45 a.m. You grab a takeaway coffee from your local cafe, wrap your hands around the warm cup, take a sip and head to the office. To most of...
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bio-chelatesStudy: Coffee Grounds as Fertilizer Can Make Better Cucumbers
Researchers in Spain have discovered an effective way to upcycle spent coffee grounds as fertilizers in cucumber greenhouses, creating a circular “cup-to-crop” connection. A University of Granada team found that...
AsiaStudy: New Remote Tech Maps China’s Coffee Lands with Near-95% Accuracy
Researchers in China are promoting a new machine learning model applied to satellite imagery that offers a “lightweight and easy to implement” template for precision mapping of coffee lands. In...
Abrar InayatSpent Coffee Grounds and Empty Bottles Used to Make Carbon Filter
Two common waste materials — spent coffee grounds and plastic water bottles — may be transformed into material that captures carbon dioxide from industrial emissions. In August, researchers affiliated with...
Abrar InayatSpent Coffee Grounds and Empty Bottles Used to Make Carbon Filter
Two common waste materials — spent coffee grounds and plastic water bottles — may be transformed into material that captures carbon dioxide from industrial emissions. In August, researchers affiliated with...
agricultural wasteKirin Offers Promise for Coffee Cherry Waste in Fermented Ingredient
Japanese beverage giant Kirin Holdings has announced a new fermented ingredient made from coffee farm byproducts, pitching it as a flavorful and body-building beverage enhancer and a circular sustainability solution....
2025 Year in Review2025 Year in Review: Coffee Science
Coffee research in 2025 ran the gamut from farm-level survival to consumer-side marketing trickery. Naturally, coffee also continued to be a major focus among medical researchers, with primarily good news...
anti-inflammatoryCoffee Protects Against Liver Diseases, and Scientists Have Figured Out How
A major academic literature review underscores coffee’s protective effects against liver diseases while outlining numerous potential underlying mechanisms. A research team affiliated with two public health institutions in Mexico pored...
AfricaInternational Researchers Allege Widespread Errors in Smallholder Coffee Mapping, Offer Dataset
A new open-access dataset called Sample Earth aims to fix what its creators call a critical flaw in the global coffee and cocoa trade: maps that label current smallholder...
AfricaFuturistic Earth-Cooling Solution Not Likely to Protect Coffee, Study Finds
A radical climate-engineering solution may not be able to safeguard coffee or other climate-sensitive crops as the planet warms, according to a new study. New research published Nov. 4 in...