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Environmental Protection: is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, organizations and governments. Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where possible, to repair damage and reverse trends.
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APR 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 05, 2016Earth & The Environment
The intersection between human and nature is one that is constantly changing, consistently confusing, and continuously f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 23, 2016Videos
China has long been known to have a problem with air quality. High levels of pollution in almost every major city have b ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
There’s a wonderful sense of connection that comes from the grasp of a baby monkey’s hand in your hand. Clin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 15, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Georgia Institute of Technology identified potentially-path ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugeni ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 03, 2016Health & Medicine
Neonicotinoid insecticides kill and stunt growth of butterflies and bees - but perhaps even more dangerous is that the U ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 01, 2016Earth & The Environment
Environmental injustice stories related to water rights are flaring up not only in Flint, Michigan. Within the la ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Bacteria are not without protection from antibiotics, they actually incorporate a system of closely-linked genes from th ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 17, 2016Cardiology
Sildenafil is a drug infamous for treating erectile dysfunction, but a new study shows that the same blood vessel dilati ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 28, 2016Earth & The Environment
Like many of history’s best secrets, Solar Roadways started in a garage. Well, really it started in a preschool, w ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 25, 2016Chemistry & Physics
A new nanotech coating can melt ice on helicopter blades and might offer a new way to de-ice aircraft, wind turbines, an ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 20, 2016Immunology
The whole family ate the same seafood last night, yet only two out of the six got sick. What gives? In a new stud ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 16, 2015Microbiology
An epidemic of coffee rust, caused by a pathogenic fungus, has ravaged Latin American plantations over the past couple o ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 15, 2015Microbiology
It’s now possible to sequence DNA from samples of irradiated bacteria, making it simpler and safer to identify pot ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 04, 2015Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 21, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the nervous system that disrupts the flow of information between the brain and t ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 21, 2015Space & Astronomy
While the US is developing hyper-sonic vehicles to deliver explosive payloads or to do surveillance, researchers at the ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopSEP 13, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Some people remain healthy into their 80s and beyond, while others age faster and suffer serious diseases decades earlie ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 13, 2015Neuroscience
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) seem to get better in the winter and worse in the summer, so a group led by Francisc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 09, 2015Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 20, 2015Videos
The Drinkable Book was created by researchers at McGill University to help provide communities in need with clean drinki ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 14, 2015Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAUG 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
The crew of the International Space station is well into their yearlong mission and lots of experiments are being done e ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Since 2010 scientists have known that people of Eurasian origin have inherited anywhere from 1 to 4 percent of their DNA
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 05, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The intersection between human and nature is one that is constantly changing, consistently confusing, and continuously f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 23, 2016
Videos
China has long been known to have a problem with air quality. High levels of pollution in almost every major city have b
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
There’s a wonderful sense of connection that comes from the grasp of a baby monkey’s hand in your hand. Clin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 15, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Georgia Institute of Technology identified potentially-path
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugeni
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Health & Medicine
Neonicotinoid insecticides kill and stunt growth of butterflies and bees - but perhaps even more dangerous is that the U
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 01, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Environmental injustice stories related to water rights are flaring up not only in Flint, Michigan. Within the la
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Bacteria are not without protection from antibiotics, they actually incorporate a system of closely-linked genes from th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 17, 2016
Cardiology
Sildenafil is a drug infamous for treating erectile dysfunction, but a new study shows that the same blood vessel dilati
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 28, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Like many of history’s best secrets, Solar Roadways started in a garage. Well, really it started in a preschool, w
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 25, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
A new nanotech coating can melt ice on helicopter blades and might offer a new way to de-ice aircraft, wind turbines, an
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 20, 2016
Immunology
The whole family ate the same seafood last night, yet only two out of the six got sick. What gives? In a new stud
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 16, 2015
Microbiology
An epidemic of coffee rust, caused by a pathogenic fungus, has ravaged Latin American plantations over the past couple o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 15, 2015
Microbiology
It’s now possible to sequence DNA from samples of irradiated bacteria, making it simpler and safer to identify pot
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 04, 2015
Microbiology
When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state o
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 21, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the nervous system that disrupts the flow of information between the brain and t
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 21, 2015
Space & Astronomy
While the US is developing hyper-sonic vehicles to deliver explosive payloads or to do surveillance, researchers at the
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
SEP 13, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Some people remain healthy into their 80s and beyond, while others age faster and suffer serious diseases decades earlie
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) seem to get better in the winter and worse in the summer, so a group led by Francisc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 09, 2015
Microbiology
Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped an
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 20, 2015
Videos
The Drinkable Book was created by researchers at McGill University to help provide communities in need with clean drinki
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
The CDC estimates the incidence of foodborne illness attributed to fruit and vegetable consumption at three million case
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
AUG 12, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The crew of the International Space station is well into their yearlong mission and lots of experiments are being done e
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim