Worm pheromones protect major crops
Protecting crops from pests and pathogens without using toxic pesticides has been a longtime goal of farmers. Researchers have found that compounds from an...
High-performance flow batteries offer path to grid-level renewable energy storage
A low-cost, high-performance battery chemistry could one day lead to scalable grid-level storage for wind and solar energy that could help electrical utilities reduce...
Fracking likely to result in high emissions
A new study has estimated emissions from shale gas production through fracking in Germany and the UK. It shows that CO2-eq. emissions would exceed...
Airborne particles can send our detox systems into overdrive
As the world gets more and more industrialized, the risk of developing respiratory diseases increases. Very small particles released from industry and vehicle fumes...
Reducing greenhouse gas in rocky mountain region has health, financial benefits
Research suggests that imposing fees on energy producers that emit greenhouse gas could improve the health and financial well-being of the Rocky Mountain region.
Microbial manufacturing: Genetic engineering breakthrough for urban farming
Researchers have developed a new technology that revolutionizes the creation of genetic material, enabling drastically accelerated genetic engineering of microbes that can be used...
Elephant extinction will raise carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere
Forest elephants engineer the ecosystem of the entire central African forest, and their catastrophic decline toward extinction has implications for carbon policy.
Lobster organs and reflexes damaged by marine seismic surveys
A new study of the impact on marine life of seismic air guns, used in geological surveys of the seafloor, has found that the...
Coping skills program helps social service workers reduce stress, trauma after disasters
Social work professors found that a mental health intervention called Caregivers Journey of Hope can bolster social service workers' emotional resilience and ability to...
Electricity-driven undersea reactions may have been important for the emergence of life
In deep sea hydrothermal vents, water heated by Earth's mantle flows into the ocean, precipitating various minerals, including metal sulfides. These minerals form channels...
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