The COVID-19 pandemic brought work travel and in-person conferences to a halt, but new research finds this shift has made it easier for more people who could not previously attend these events to participate and lowered their ...
Environment
Dec 9, 2021
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The ocean has about 20 million tons of gold in it—that's around 700 TRILLION DOLLARS worth of gold!
Materials Science
Nov 15, 2021
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On Dec. 18, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will launch from French Guiana to its destination almost a million miles from Earth. The telescope will give scientists unprecedented views of chemistry occurring throughout ...
Other
Nov 10, 2021
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Different cells make different proteins, and knowledge of these differences could greatly enhance scientists' understanding of the roles of individual cells in healthy tissues and in disease. But obtaining enough protein ...
Other
Nov 3, 2021
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The Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010 released millions of tons of oil into the ocean. As governments and the oil industry were trying to clean up the disaster, bacteria were already hard at work.
Materials Science
Nov 1, 2021
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Many of the world's largest consumer product companies, including Cocoa-Cola, Unilever and PepsiCo, have set ambitious targets for replacing virgin plastics with recycled ones— typically 25% of their total packaging by ...
Other
Oct 13, 2021
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According to time-honored advice, drinking a glass of warm milk at bedtime will encourage a good night's rest. Milk's sleep-enhancing properties are commonly ascribed to tryptophan, but scientists have also discovered a mixture ...
Other
Oct 13, 2021
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A climate change conference will underscore to policymakers in the Middle East and the east Mediterranean that the switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is needed urgently because greenhouse gas emissions are ...
Environment
Oct 11, 2021
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Since May 2021, drivers crossing into Singapore at the Tuas Checkpoint have been required to breathe into a cigar-sized mouthpiece connected to a mass spectrometer. In less than a minute, the device analyzes the breath samples ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 29, 2021
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Concrete buildings don't just collapse out of the blue.
Materials Science
Sep 20, 2021
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