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New research has found that a disease-causing fungus -- collected from one of the most remote regions in the world -- is resistant to...
Caribbean seagrasses provide services worth $255B annually, including vast carbon storage, study shows
Caribbean seagrasses provide about $255 billion in services to society annually, including $88.3 billion in carbon storage, according to a new study. The study...
The art and science of living-like architecture
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Engineers ‘strike gold’ with innovation that recovers heavy metals from biosolids
Engineers have developed a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way to remove heavy metals, including copper and zinc, from biosolids. The team's work advances other...
How tidal range electricity generation could meet future demand and storage problems
Tidal range schemes are financially viable and could lower energy bills say researchers. Research combined a tidal range power generation model with its cost...
Climate change could lead to ‘widespread chaos’ for insect communities
New research explores how a warming world could impact ecosystems and derail the development of new species.
PFAS found in blood of dogs, horses living near Fayetteville, NC
Researchers detected elevated PFAS levels in the blood of pet dogs and horses from Gray's Creek, N.C. -- including dogs that only drank bottled...
High-tech pavement markers support autonomous driving in tough conditions, remote areas
Engineers are placing low-powered sensors in the reflective raised pavement markers that are already used to help drivers identify lanes. Microchips inside the markers...
Scientists unearth 20 million years of ‘hot spot’ magmatism under Cocos plate
A team of scientists has observed past episodic intraplate magmatism and corroborated the existence of a partial melt channel at the base of the...
Environmental risks and opportunities of orphaned oil and gas wells
Researchers are leading an international team whose goal is to create a framework to help governments in the U.S. and around the world assess...
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