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Plastic-degrading enzymes found in landfills

Enzymes found in landfills around the world may be able to break down plastic waste. Some 11 billion metric tons of plastic are projected to accumulate in the environment by 2050. Enzymatic and microbial degradation is a ...

Deep learning analyzes cellular cytoskeleton with high precision

A research team at Kumamoto University has developed a deep learning-based method for analyzing the cytoskeleton—the structural framework inside cells—more accurately and efficiently than ever before. This advancement, ...

Add some spice: Curcumin helps treat Mycobacterium abscessus

Mycobacterium abscessus is a fast-growing, pathogenic mycobacteria that can cause lung infections, and people who have respiratory conditions or are immunocompromised face a higher risk. It can also cause skin infections. ...

New 'shy' fungus found in old-growth forest

Although fungi of the genus Piloderma are common, scientists have now discovered five previously unknown species. One of these is one of the most widely distributed species in Northern Europe, while another is found only ...

Wild weather linked to weedy seadragon deaths

Marine scientists are calling for beachgoers who find weedy seadragons washed up on the shore to photograph them and send details to researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

'We will preserve them': saving Cambodia's crocodiles

A motorbike rider inches slowly over bumpy terrain deep in Cambodia's Virachey national park, carefully adjusting the basket strapped behind him. Inside is precious cargo—a critically endangered Siamese crocodile.

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Nepal community efforts revive red panda population

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Theater is changing the way communities view donkey welfare

A new study from the University of Portsmouth is the first to show how interactive theater can help improve the lives of working donkeys in equid-reliant communities, providing further evidence of the transformative impact ...

Engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapy

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron—can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced into a "pluripotent" stem cell, then differentiated into a neuron. Researchers ...