Exposure to BPA Substitute, BPS, Multiplies Breast Cancer Cells
Bisphenol S (BPS), a substitute for the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in the plastic industry, shows the potential for increasing the aggressiveness of breast...
Plastic pollution clogging oceans could be turned into diesel for ships.
Between 4.5 and 12 billion kilograms of plastic rubbish ends up in the oceans each year. A prototype reactor could turn some of this...
Tesla beats estimate with 25,000 deliveries as Model 3 nears.
Tesla Inc. set a record for deliveries and production in the first quarter, beating analysts’ estimates as Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk prepares to...
Surprise discovery of Europe’s first cave fish
Researchers have discovered the first European cave fish. A hobby cave diver first sighted the fish, a loach in the genus Barbatula, living in...
Domesticated rice goes rogue
We tend to assume that domestication is a one-way street and that, once domesticated, crop plants stay domesticated. A new study of rice shows,...
Microbes on ice sheets produce bioreactive carbon that is exported to downstream ecosystems
Glaciers and ice sheets have recently been considered significant sources of organic carbon and provide nutrients to downstream marine ecosystems.
Early climate ‘payback’ with higher emission reductions
Climate scientists have shown the early mitigation needed to limit eventual warming below potentially dangerous levels has a climate 'payback' much earlier than previously...
Rock exposed in World War I trenches offers new fossil find
An unusual fossil find is giving scientists new ideas about how some of the earliest animals on Earth came to dominate the world's oceans.
Close connection between deep currents and climate
The Labrador Sea in the northwestern Atlantic is one of the key regions of the global ocean circulation. Scientists have been operating an array...
Microbial colonizers of Arctic soils are sensitive to future climate change
Ecosystems created by melting glaciers in the Arctic are sensitive to climate change and human activity, new research indicates.
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