Multi-tasking clays can clean up soil contamination
An Adelaide researcher has modified natural clays so that they can clean up multiple soil contaminants simultaneously.
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Capturing brain signals with soft electronics
Klas Tybrandt, principal investigator at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University, has developed new technology for long-term stable neural recording. It is based on a novel elastic material composite, ...
Engineering
Mar 5, 2018
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Second successful human-animal hybrid: sheep embryo with human cells
Carrying forward the results of a team that created a pig/human hybrid last year, a team led by researchers at Stanford University has created a sheep/human hybrid. The team has not published a paper on their efforts as yet, ...
Newfound protein may prevent viral infection and herpes-induced cancer
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers have identified a human protein that could prevent cancer by restricting a type of herpes virus from replicating.
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 28, 2017
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Antibiotics resistance: Researchers succeed to block genes of resistance
Antibiotics are commonly used around the world to cure diseases caused by bacteria. But as the World Health Organization and other international bodies have pointed out, the global increase of antibiotic resistance is a rapidly ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 22, 2017
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Organic agriculture can help feed world, but only if we eat less meat and stop wasting food
Agriculture could go organic worldwide if we slashed food waste and stopped using so much cropland to feed livestock, a new study finds.
Environment
Nov 15, 2017
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2016 atmospheric carbon dioxide surges to levels not seen in 800,000 years
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) the rate of increase of CO2 recorded in earth's atmosphere in 2016 was up 50 % on that of last ten-year average.
Environment
Nov 2, 2017
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Asbestos, dry cleaning agent among 10 chemicals under review
Under a congressional mandate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing 10 chemicals to determine if they pose an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment and should be subject to additional regulation. ...
Environment
Oct 25, 2017
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New 3-D visualization tool could enable targeted drug delivery for cystic fibrosis and other conditions
University of California San Diego researchers have developed the first 3D spatial visualization tool for mapping "'omics" data onto whole organs. The tool helps researchers and clinicians understand the effects of chemicals, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 20, 2017
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The chemicals in firefighting foam aren't the new asbestos
This week's ABC Four Corners episode investigated contamination at defence force sites and surrounding aquifers with chemicals called perfluoroalkyl acids or PFAAs. Around 18 sites are reported to be affected, with the concern ...
Environment
Oct 10, 2017
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