Believed by some to be the most abundant known virus in the human digestive system, cross-assembly phage (shortened to crAssphage) remained undetected until researchers sorting through hundreds of thousands of lines of DNA ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 29, 2016
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The state of Michigan is designating its section of Lake Erie as an impaired waterway because of damage to fish and other wildlife caused by harmful algal blooms, officials said Thursday.
Environment
Nov 10, 2016
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The water crisis in Flint, Michigan put the need to protect and invest in clean drinking water front and center in the minds of many Americans. But how to go about investing, as well as how to get the public on board with ...
Environment
Oct 28, 2016
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Scientists are pursuing a tiny solution for harnessing one of the world's most abundant sources of clean energy: Water.
Materials Science
Oct 17, 2016
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Just as there are two sides to every story, sustainability challenges have at least two stories to reach every solution. Scientists report new ways to understand and integrate those tales.
Environment
Oct 12, 2016
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Among the bad news related to the ill effects of climate change is that women are impacted disproportionately by the resulting disasters. Women are more likely to experience poverty, poorer health outcomes and increased vulnerability ...
Economics & Business
Oct 12, 2016
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When the local water management agency closes your favorite beach due to unhealthy water quality, how reliable are the tests they base their decisions on? As it turns out, those tests, as well as the standards behind them, ...
Environment
Oct 4, 2016
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The world's population is projected to increase by 2-3 billion over the next 40 years. Already, more than three quarters of a billion people lack access to clean drinking water and 85 percent live in the driest areas of the ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 4, 2016
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ExxonMobil has polluted the Mystic River while failing to plan for the potentially severe impacts of climate change at its Boston-area fuel storage terminal, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by an environmental advocacy ...
Environment
Sep 29, 2016
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Environment
Sep 1, 2016
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