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Science
A short-lived soda tax strengthens alternative estimates of the tax’s impact on consumer behavior: a study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain One of the most common assumptions made by tax policy makers is that increasing taxes will increase government revenue. But a new study focused on Washington state’s soda tax strengthens another estimate of the tax’s impact on consumer behavior. Researchers found that when Washington state enacted a soda tax, not only did it provoke a backlash…
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Chemistry
New process strengthens thermoplastic and polylactic acid blends
In nano-IR imaging, the layer structure of the pure PVDF/PLLA mixture (left) and the layer with SAD additive (right) can be clearly distinguished. Light and dark colors correspond to the PLLA and PVDF phases, respectively. Adding SAD reduces the domain size in two phases. Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology/HZB Bio-based thermoplastics are manufactured from renewable organic materials and can be…
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