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Ecology Apr 24, 2024

Research show oysters could help clean up the reef through filtration

Scientists have found oysters could be very useful in gobbling up nutrient pollution from tropical waterways, including the Great Barrier Reef.

Biochemistry Apr 8, 2024

The flavors of fire: How does heat make food taste good?

Sure, cooking our food can make it safer to eat and more digestible. But let's be honest. We mainly cook to create something we enjoy—something delicious.

Plants & Animals Apr 4, 2024

What four decades of canned salmon reveal about marine food webs

Alaskan waters are a critical fishery for salmon. Complex marine food webs underlie and sustain this fishery, and scientists want to know how climate change is reshaping them. But finding samples from the past isn't easy.

Archaeology Apr 1, 2024

Archaeologists illuminate ancient culinary practices using chemical biomarkers

Ceramic pots endure the corrosive effects of thousands of years, and organic remains preserved inside the pores can shed light on the culture, values, diets, and daily life of societies. This research is achieved with the ...

Ecology Apr 1, 2024

Beavers' work can help stop wildfires: More places in California are embracing them

A vast burn scar unfolds in drone footage of a landscape seared by massive wildfires north of Lake Tahoe. But amid the expanses of torched trees and gray soil, an unburnt island of lush green emerges.

Nanomaterials Mar 25, 2024

Catalysis breakthrough yields self-cleaning wall paint that breaks down air pollutants when exposed to sunlight

Typically, beautiful white wall paint does not stay beautiful and white forever. Often, substances from the air accumulate on its surface. This can be a desired effect because it makes the air cleaner for a while—but over ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 25, 2024

Engineers develop novel method for manufacturing CAR T cells using lipid nanoparticles

For patients with certain types of cancer, CAR T cell therapy has been nothing short of life changing. Developed in part by Carl June, Richard W. Vague Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine, and approved by the Food ...

Plants & Animals Mar 21, 2024

Recreating development in a petri dish to understand how plants live

Plants have an extremely high capacity to adapt to their environment. When the seeds of pea sprouts left over from cooking are soaked in water, the sprouts and leaves grow back. Associate Professor Kondo Yuki of Kobe University's ...

Environment Mar 21, 2024

Study suggests millions are at risk using high arsenic water for cooking

The use of water contaminated with higher than recommended levels of arsenic could pose a serious health risk to millions, a new study from the University of Sheffield has found.

Analytical Chemistry Mar 21, 2024

Understanding corrosion to enable next-generation metals

Researchers are using new, experimental techniques like Shear Assisted Processing and Extrusion (ShAPE) and friction stir welding to produce metal components that are lighter, stronger, and more precise than ever before. ...

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