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Understanding battleground earth

November 8, 2018
Feature
Falk Hildebrand takes through the first global study of the soil microbiome. This incredible international effort uncovered worrying human impact, antibiotic production and one hell of a microbial battle. You’ll...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
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The fat of the land

October 19, 2018
Feature
Evidence for environmental chemicals as disruptors of metabolism is mounting ­– now a new study suggests a worrying link between fracking and the growth of fat cells. Dr Christopher Kassotis...
Earth & Environmental
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Toxic shock!

June 21, 2018
Feature
When a species other than c.botulinum was found producing its famous toxin – only the second report of a new botulinum toxin to be found in the past 40 years...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Hey big spender…

June 11, 2018
Feature
Given the clear link between climate change and violent human conflict isn’t it obvious we should spend less on military funding and more on environmental science? Well, certainly says Dr...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth
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Turning to extremes

May 21, 2018
Feature
A taste for pollution, extremophilic cooperation, and genetic clustering – a deep dive into the molecular biology of a rather special fungus led one group of researchers to a few...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Environment, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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A pocket full of pretty green

April 18, 2018
Feature
Cleaning up industrial heavy metal pollution, revitalising polluted waterways and a new source of gold, can moss really hold the key to all this? You bet says king of the...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth
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Is there a risk in being a beach bum?

March 19, 2018
Feature
A recent study looking at the gut bacteria of surfers has given good reason for concern over the potential harm that resistant bacteria in natural environments pose to human health....
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth
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Time to go at full charge?

February 19, 2018
Feature
Li-ion batteries rule the world of mobile devices, however, they are far from perfect. To fully understand how to achieve higher capacity and longer lasting life needs nothing less than...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Environment, In Depth
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Best of both worlds

January 11, 2018
Feature
As we spew increasingly varied chemicals into the environment, the ability to detect contaminants in water is becoming a task more vital than ever. But, as we move towards systems...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth
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Taming Tempests

September 8, 2017
Feature
Dr Qin Jim Chen explains how hurricane modelling enables the prediction of natural phenomena that could endanger lives
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, In Depth
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