Video: Are human burial practices messing up Earth's ecosystems?
Life depends on death—living things die, decompose and eventually become nutrients for other life.
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Plastics recycling deadlines loom—will companies meet their goals?
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 2025. ...
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Oct 13, 2021
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Warm milk makes you sleepy—peptides could explain why
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 ...
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Oct 13, 2021
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New rotating liquid reactor design solves issues with current reactors
Intensified reactors are used in a variety of chemical processes. One such reactor is the rotating packed bed (RPB) reactor which uses high centrifugal forces to accelerate chemical reactions between constituents. However, ...
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Oct 8, 2021
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Nobel in chemistry honors 'greener' way to build molecules
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for finding an ingenious and environmentally cleaner way to build molecules—an approach now used to make a variety of compounds, including medicines and pesticides.
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Oct 6, 2021
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Sequencing, mRNA, or maybe nanocrystals? Wide-open field for Nobel Chemistry Prize
Breakthroughs in DNA sequencing, innovative gas storage, nanocrystals or a second chance for mRNA Covid-19 vaccines? Speculators on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry are spoiled for choice ahead of the announcement on Wednesday.
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Oct 6, 2021
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Green protein without taste of cowshed
Researchers from DTU Food have developed a technique for extracting protein from green biomass without unwanted off-flavor.
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Sep 27, 2021
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Children's dislike of cauliflower, broccoli could be written in their microbiome
Many children, as well as adults, dislike Brassica vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and Brussels sprouts. In the mouth, enzymes from these vegetables and from bacteria in saliva can produce unpleasant, sulfurous ...
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Sep 22, 2021
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Modern simulations could improve MRIs
Gadolinium-based contrast agents, the gold standard in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine the health of a patient, can be improved, according to Rice University engineers who are refining models they first used ...
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Sep 20, 2021
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Taking Australia's homegrown superfood mainstream
Lupins have long been touted as the next superfood, combatting heart disease, diabetes and obesity and new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has taken an important step to make that a reality.
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