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Are Bacterial Probiotics’ a Game-Changer for Biofuels Industry?

March 11, 2021
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Kongens Lyngby, Denmark — In a study recently published in Nature Communications, scientists from The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU) and Yale University have investigated...

New ‘Split-Drive’ System Puts Scientists in the (Gene) Driver Seat

March 8, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Powerful new genetic engineering methods have given scientists the potential to revolutionize several sectors of global urgency. So-called gene drives, which leverage CRISPR technology...

New Form of Symbiosis Discovered

March 4, 2021
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Bremen, Germany — Researchers from Bremen, together with their colleagues from the Max Planck Genome Center in Cologne and the aquatic research institute Eawag from Switzerland, have discovered a unique...

More Sustainable Recycling of Plastics

February 18, 2021
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Konstanz, Germany — The new method works without extremely high temperatures, is therefore more energy-efficient and has a significantly higher recovery rate (approx. 96 per cent of the starting material)...

New Study Reveals Biodiversity Important at Regional Scales

February 12, 2021
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Gloucester Point, VA — New research shows that biodiversity is important not just at the traditional scale of short-term plot experiments–in which ecologists monitor the health of a single meadow,...

Allergy Seasons are Getting Worse; Blame Climate Change

February 9, 2021
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Salt Lake City, UT — If you live with seasonal allergies and feel like the pollen seasons feel longer and longer every year, you may be right. New research shows that pollen seasons start 20 days earlier,...

Biodegradable Displays for Sustainable Electronics

January 27, 2021
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Karlsruhe, Germany — In the next years, increasing use of electronic devices in consumables and new technologies for the internet of things will increase the amount of electronic scrap. To save resources...

Beauty in Imperfection: How Crystal Defects can Help Convert Waste Heat into Electricity

January 27, 2021
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Nagoya, Japan — If we are to prevent the impending environmental crisis, it is imperative that we find efficient and sustainable ways to avoid being wasteful. One area with much room for improvement...

Breakthrough in Understanding ‘Tummy Bug’ Bacteria

January 21, 2021
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Exeter, UK — Scientists have discovered how bacteria commonly responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant and then “wake up”. Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium...

Eliminating Microplastics in Wastewater Directly at the Source

January 19, 2021
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Quebec, Canada — A research team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has developed a process for the electrolytic treatment of wastewater that degrades microplastics at the...

How Plants Produce Defensive Toxins without Harming Themselves

January 18, 2021
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Jena, Germany — Plants produce toxic substances to defend themselves against herbivores. In a new study, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena and the University of...

Acute Itching in Eczema Patients Linked to Environmental Allergens

January 18, 2021
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St. Louis, MO — In addition to a skin rash, many eczema sufferers also experience chronic itching, but sometimes that itching can become torturous. Worse, antihistamines — the standard treatment...

Scientists Develop a Cheaper Method that might Help Create Fuels from Plants

January 12, 2021
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COLUMBUS, OH — Scientists have figured out a cheaper, more efficient way to conduct a chemical reaction at the heart of many biological processes, which may lead to better ways to create biofuels from...

Protecting Global Food Supply Chain

January 11, 2021
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Newark, DE — As the world grows increasingly globalized, one of the ways that countries have come to rely on one another is through a more intricate and interconnected food supply chain. Food produced...

How Climate Change is Disrupting Ecosystems

December 18, 2020
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Zürich, Switzerland — The world is getting warmer and warmer – and many organisms native to lower latitudes or elevations are moving higher. However, novel organisms moving into a new habitat...

Industrial Waste is Reused to Produce Alternatives to Plastic

December 15, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — In Brazil, researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Ilha Solteira have developed a film that can replace plastic in food packaging. The film is made from hydroxypropyl...

Salt-Tolerant Bacteria with an Appetite for Sludge Make Biodegradable Plastics

December 15, 2020
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College Station, TX — The United States generates seven million tons of sewage sludge annually, enough to fill 2,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. While a portion of this waste is repurposed for manure...

Academy Scientists Describe 213 Species in 2020

December 11, 2020
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San Francisco, CA — This past year, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 213 plant and animal species to the tree of life, providing deeper insight into the rich biodiversity of...

Engineers Discover New Microbe for Simpler, Cheaper and Greener Wastewater Treatment

December 10, 2020
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Singapore — Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new way to treat sewage that is much simpler, cheaper and greener than existing methods. Led by Associate...

Researchers Identify New Process to Produce Ammonia with a Much Smaller Carbon Footprint

December 2, 2020
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Chicago, IL — Ammonia is the second most commonly produced chemical in the world and an important component of most fertilizers, but current industrial processes to make ammonia produce several millions...

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