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UN biodiversity targets give false sense of achievement

December 19, 2018
News
UN biodiversity targets are structured to give a false sense of conservation achievement, according to a new research paper.The scientific team, led by the California Academy of Sciences, found that...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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The Colours of Iron

December 11, 2018
Insight
'The Colours of Iron' (Lochaber, Scotland) by Ursula Lawrence took the third place) in the Geological society's 2018 Earth Science Week photography competition, 'Earth Science in our Lives.'
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials
Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Environment, Focal Point, Geology, Materials, Materials Science
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Raise your game and a glass

November 16, 2018
Feature
Scientific advisor to proficiency testing at Fapas, Mark Sykes, discusses the benefits of proficiency testing and how this applies to wine testing laboratories The global wine market is predicted to grow...
Earth & Environmental
Food Science, In Depth
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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
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Using science to change our world

October 24, 2018
Insight
As the Royal Institution sets it sights on expanding the public understanding of science, we hear from its new Director on how he wants everyone to develop a lifelong journey...
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Earth & Environmental, Engineering, Geology, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science, Policy
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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
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, In Depth
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Science weighs in on mystery surrounding catastrophic volcanic eruption

September 18, 2018
News
One of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, which is said to have contributed to the downfall of the ancient Minoan civilisation, may have happened later than previously thought,...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Volcanology
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First study on influence of microplastics on soil and microbes

September 13, 2018
News
German scientists have conducted the first investigation into the physical and biological effects of microplastic particles on the soil and its microbes.The research provided the first experimental evidence that microplastics...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Soil Science
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Food for thought

September 11, 2018
Insight
Bacteriophages are well known to molecular and microbiology, but could they really be a new vanguard against foodborne pathogens? Phage expert Professor Mikael Skurnik thinks so…Given the continuing problem of...
Earth & Environmental
Food & Bev, Food and Drink, Interviews
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Getting the right exposure

September 6, 2018
Insight
Understanding the totality of environmental exposures from conception onward and what that might do to our health. That is the ambition of exposomics and it is an incredibly tough undertaking...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Food & Bev, Food and Drink, Geology, Interviews, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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