The Czech Republic qualified for the summer's World Cup by beating Denmark on penalties Gabriel Kuchta/Getty Images After coming through extra time and penalties for the second time within a week, the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Tens of thousands protested in Prague against populist Andrej Babiš’ new government, comparing it to increasingly ...

U.S. Steel announced Monday it secured permission from the Allegheny County Health Department to build a $100 million slag recycler at the Edgar Thomson Works. A critical air quality permit arrived ...

The Brighton And Hove-based quintet Slag have a new EP coming out via the formidable UK indie/punk/emo label Big Scary Monsters. Losing, out in March, follows a string of singles over the past two ...

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The effective disposal of construction and industrial solid waste is vital for sustainable urban development. This study developed a composite cementitious material (CCM) based on mechanically ...

The party of Andrej Babis, former leader of the Czech government, is expected to prevail in parliamentary elections that begin Friday. By Lara Jakes Reporting from Prague Four years ago, the Czech ...

U.S. Steel’s notoriously outdated Edgar Thomson Works handles the molten substance left behind by smelting iron ore the same way it did 150 years ago: by dumping it into slag pits. They’re as low-tech ...

In the middle of Europe, a contaminated legacy of the Soviet nuclear program has turned into a lucrative opportunity for the waste industry. Our investigation reveals that companies continue to dump ...

A worker loads a portable thermal battery onto a truck. The battery is charged using the waste heat from a biofuel plant and transported to an apartment block, where it provides heating for water.

The Czech criminal code now bans the promotion of communist ideology, making it equivalent to Nazi propaganda. At the same time, the Czech communist party is one of the most successful in Europe. What ...

Almost 20 years ago, New Scientist ran a feature called “Imagine Earth without people”, a thought experiment about what would happen to our planet over thousands of years if humanity suddenly ...