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Planetary Sciences 13 hours ago

NASA balloons head north of Arctic Circle for long-duration flights

NASA is set to begin launch operations mid-May for the 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign. Four stadium-sized, scientific balloons carrying science missions and technology demonstrations are scheduled to ...

Ecology Apr 30, 2024

Low-intensity grazing is locally better for biodiversity but challenging for land users, study shows

A team of researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig University (UL), and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has investigated the motivation and potential ...

Biotechnology Apr 30, 2024

It may be time to eliminate the best-before date on food packaging, say smart packaging researchers

The inventors of a suite of tests that enable food packages to signal whether their contents are contaminated are working to bring producers and regulators together to get their inventions into commercial products, with the ...

Environment Apr 30, 2024

Measuring your food waste for six weeks can change your habits, according to new study

You've had a long day and you're tired. Faced with making dinner, you look in the fridge and decide to cook something that requires little effort. This is a common scenario, and one that many people act out without really ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 30, 2024

Researchers suggest that mechanical pressure triggers a key event in HIV infection

It has been more than 40 years since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and scientists still don't fully understand how HIV enters and replicates in human cells, which has hindered the development of treatments.

Biotechnology Apr 29, 2024

Scientists find microencapsulation technique boosts tea tree oil efficiency for sustainable applications

In a study published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, a team of scientists led by Peifu Kong has successfully prepared tea tree oil-beta-cyclodextrin (TTO-β-CD) microcapsules with an unprecedented high encapsulation ...

Environment Apr 29, 2024

86% of Great Lakes litter is plastic, 20-year study shows: And the plastic is 'just getting smaller and smaller."

Heads down and attentively scanning the ground, a small group of schoolchildren walked through an expanse of grass dotted with yellow dandelions and toward the concrete steps leading to Lake Michigan.

Environment Apr 29, 2024

Chemicals, forever: How do you fix a problem like PFAS?

A landmark legal settlement has once again focused our attention on the dangers of "forever chemicals."

Environment Apr 28, 2024

If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10%—and we're set for a huge surge in production

In the two decades to 2019, global plastic production doubled. By 2040, plastic manufacturing and processing could consume as much as 20% of global oil production and use up 15% of the annual carbon emissions budget.

Economics & Business Apr 25, 2024

Large retailers don't have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate it

Did you receive a mail-order package this week? Carriers in the U.S. shipped 64 packages for every American in 2022, so it's quite possible.

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