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To combat the hazards of ice, a mechanical engineer has developed a sprayable ice-shedding material that is 100 times stronger than any others. It's...
Environmental scientists develop a method to turn hazardous acidic industrial wastewater into valuable resources
Environmental scientists have developed a circular process for eliminating the risk posed by phosphoric acid plant wastewater. The process turns the environmentally toxic wastewater...
Nanoplastics can move up the food chain from plants to insects and from insects...
A new study shows that lettuce can take up nanoplastics from the soil and transfer them into the food chain.
Fix up Earth to exit COVID-19: Critical link between environment, pandemics
Ecosystem restoration can assist in COVID-19 recovery if it is closely integrated with socioeconomic, health and environmental policies, scientists say. The repair of ecosystems...
A breakthrough discovery in carbon capture conversion for ethylene production
A team of researchers has discovered a way to convert 100% of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust into ethylene, a key building block...
Surprising discovery shows a slowing of continental plate movement controlled the timing of Earth’s...
Scientists have shed new light on the timing and likely cause of major volcanic events that occurred millions of years ago and caused such...
Earliest land animals had fewer skull bones than fish — restricting their evolution, scientists...
The skulls of tetrapods had fewer bones than extinct and living fish, limiting their evolution for millions of years, according to a latest study.
The long and short of a supergene for efficient pollination
Scientists have solved the century-old mystery of a supergene that causes efficient cross-pollination in flowers.
Is climate change disrupting maritime boundaries?
Coral reef islands and their reefs -- found across in the Indo-Pacific -- naturally grow and shrink due to complex biological and physical processes...
New AI system predicts how to prevent wildfires
A machine learning model can evaluate the effectiveness of different management strategies.
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