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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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CO2 rise after last ice age due to ocean current changes

September 6, 2018
News
A new study has provided compelling evidence as to how the level of atmospheric CO2 rose significantly as the Earth came out of its last ice age.Long before humans started...
Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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High energy lasers get to the core of a problem

July 31, 2018
News
Scientists have discovered fresh insights into the metallic core at the centre of our planet.The findings could aid understanding of how the Earth was formed from elements in space, some...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Geology
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An aquatic approach to space food

July 23, 2018
Insight
Just how do you haul enough food into space on extended manned missions without burning through vital fuel? The answer, says biologist Dr Miriam Knee, all comes down to zooplankton…The...
Earth & Environmental
Food & Bev, Food and Drink, Interviews
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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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Fishy study links seafood to prevention of Parkinson’s

May 14, 2018
News
A new study from Sweden suggests the link between consumption of fish and better long-term neurological health could involve the protein Parvalbumin. The protein, found in great quantities in several...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Food & Beverage, Neuroscience
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