Empty stocks at quarantine and self-isolation. Empty toilet paper rolls break down and crush. Pyramid of hygiene items, empties toiletries exhausted during Covid-19 coronavirus epidemic lockdown.
A century ago, physics had its Darwinian moment — a change in perspective that was as consequential for the physical sciences as the theory of evolution by natural selection was for biology.
Could our traditional alcohols be less damaging to the environment, and to our health? Mridula Ramesh offers some answers, in Part 2 of a Trade-Offs special.