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In recycling, waste is converted into reusable material. Recycling offers many environmental benefits including reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills, conserving natural resources such as wood, and saving energy. Common recyclable materials include paper, aluminum, and some plastics.
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NOV 11, 2016Videos
Approximately one truck of trash ends up in oceans around the world every minute. But the concept of plastics in our oce ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 08, 2016Plants & Animals
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It's well known that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are the major cause of climate change. Increasing levels ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 05, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Today’s chemical industry relies on oil to make everything from plastics to detergents to medications. Scientists ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)OCT 04, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s long been documented that birds are smart critters, but Dr Damian Scarf from the University of Otago’s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 21, 2016Earth & The Environment
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Researchers have known for decades that women tend to beat men on environmental metrics. They generally&n ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2016Microbiology
A classic defense mechanism of bacteria is the type 6 secretion system, T6SS, is a sort of molecular spear gun. Research ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2016Earth & The Environment
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What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 18, 2016Cancer
Faced with low nutrients and starvation, pancreatic cancer doesn’t back down. In fact, scientists have found that ...AUG 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Using powerful microscopy techniques, researchers have learned more about autophagy, a waste recycling process employed ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced drastic and fruitful measures to combat three killer parasites that affect milli ...JUL 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have been hard at work developing artificial replicas of cel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2016Videos
When he was just 19 years old, Boyan Slat came up with an idea big enough to confront one of the most intimidating envir ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 10, 2016Earth & The Environment
Winner of the Young Entrepreneur Awards,34 year old Oscar Andres Mendez Gerardino is a go-getter Colombian out to make a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 19, 2016Health & Medicine
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterial species behind tuberculosis infections, is the leading cause of bacterial deat ...Written By: Kara Marker
NOV 11, 2016
Videos
Approximately one truck of trash ends up in oceans around the world every minute. But the concept of plastics in our oce
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 08, 2016
Plants & Animals
What is the world going to do about the state of its wildlife? That’s a big question we will have to answer, and f
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 30, 2016
Microbiology
Chemosynthetic symbionts are microbes that reside on the surface or inside of animals; they have to be able to function
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 27, 2016
Videos
Most clothes factories waste on average about 40% of their raw materials. That's almost half! Such waste adds up to a hu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 21, 2016
Microbiology
Corals live in the ocean, of course. Well, so do many microbes - bacteria, viruses, and algae, for example. It’s n
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 19, 2016
Videos
After death, decomposition starts, a process that is aided by microbes. The decomposing corpse becomes a veritable minia
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 12, 2016
Videos
It's well known that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are the major cause of climate change. Increasing levels
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 05, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Today’s chemical industry relies on oil to make everything from plastics to detergents to medications. Scientists
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 04, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s long been documented that birds are smart critters, but Dr Damian Scarf from the University of Otago’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Last year at this time a Dutch construction company called VolkerWessels released their plans to build roads from plasti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 20, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Researchers have known for decades that women tend to beat men on environmental metrics. They generally&n
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2016
Microbiology
A classic defense mechanism of bacteria is the type 6 secretion system, T6SS, is a sort of molecular spear gun. Research
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Most any situation can call for innovation. Twenty-four-year-old Amsterdam native Floor Nagler took that call. Earlier t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 03, 2016
Videos
So you recycle. Good, we all must! But are you aware of what happens to your plastics directly after you toss them into
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 25, 2016
Immunology
What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 18, 2016
Cancer
Faced with low nutrients and starvation, pancreatic cancer doesn’t back down. In fact, scientists have found that
...
AUG 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Using powerful microscopy techniques, researchers have learned more about autophagy, a waste recycling process employed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced drastic and fruitful measures to combat three killer parasites that affect milli
...
JUL 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have been hard at work developing artificial replicas of cel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2016
Videos
When he was just 19 years old, Boyan Slat came up with an idea big enough to confront one of the most intimidating envir
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 10, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Winner of the Young Entrepreneur Awards,34 year old Oscar Andres Mendez Gerardino is a go-getter Colombian out to make a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 19, 2016
Health & Medicine
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterial species behind tuberculosis infections, is the leading cause of bacterial deat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker