Many people do not know that human waste can be recycled to benefit the environment. After intense treatment, it can be applied to fields in the form of biosolids.
Agriculture
Nov 1, 2021
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To achieve sustained recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and avoid an "impending health catastrophe," countries must commit to targeted action on climate change, health experts have urged ahead of the UN climate summit, COP26.
Environment
Oct 19, 2021
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Nearly half of our DNA has been written off as junk, the discards of evolution: Sidelined or broken genes, viruses that got stuck in our genome and were dismembered or silenced, none of it relevant to the human organism or ...
Evolution
Oct 18, 2021
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785
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have devised a pouch designed to create temporary chimeras—mixed species—to treat diseases. In a proof-of-concept study, the device protected transplanted human liver cells from ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 12, 2021
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14
The development of alveoli in organoids derived from mammary-gland tissue follows the same physical principles as the formation of discrete droplets in a water jet.
General Physics
Oct 5, 2021
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18
New air quality guidelines released by the WHO show there are harms to human health even at the lowest observable levels of exposure.
Environment
Sep 22, 2021
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6
Hundreds of firefighters were battling to protect several groves of giant sequoias in the United States on Monday, warning the enormous ancient trees were at risk from out-of-control blazes.
Environment
Sep 21, 2021
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12
Researchers at Umeå University now demonstrate a method by which specific cell types in human organs can be studied with micrometer precision. The method can be used to reveal previously unrecognized alterations in the pancreas, ...
Biotechnology
Sep 13, 2021
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In a discovery published in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers has described a novel molecular device with exceptional computing prowess.
General Physics
Sep 1, 2021
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Sexually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhea is on the rise as a major public health burden worldwide, with around 87 million new infections a year largely caused by the superbug Neisseria gonorrhoeae which experts fear ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 1, 2021
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