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Scientists Find That Ice Generates Electricity When Bent

A study co-led by ICN2 reveals that ice is a flexoelectric material, meaning it can produce electricity when unevenly deformed. 

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Drinking Too Little Puts Body Under Extra Stress

Drinking too little water could increase our vulnerability to stress-related health issues, according to a new study from scientists at LJMU. 

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A Giant Iceberg’s Final Drift

Like every Antarctic iceberg that drifts north into the South Atlantic, Iceberg A-23A is surrendering to the ocean as spring arrives in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Childhood Exposure to Plastic Raises Lifetime Health Risks, Research Finds

Chemicals commonly used in plastic pose a serious threat to children, raising the risk of disability and disease long into adulthood. 

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Battery Made From Natural Materials Could Replace Conventional Lithium-Ion Batteries

“Climate change has already caused more than 12,000 species to shift their homes across land, freshwater and the sea,” says the University of Adelaide’s Dr Chloe Hayes, who has published a study on the new approach.

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UBC Launches World’s First Mushroom-Powered Waterless Toilet

UBC researchers are launching the world’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet, the MycoToilet, at the UBC Botanical Garden on Sept. 26.

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FAU Lands EPA Grant to Use Genetics in Florida Bay Sponge Restoration

Andia Chaves-Fonnegra, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, has been awarded a five-year, $720,446 grant from the United States EPA to support a pioneering project aimed at restoring sponge populations in Florida Bay through a genetics-based approach.

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Growing the Future

Rodrigo Werle wonders if anybody is ever happy to see him.

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Wildfires Are Changing the Air We Breathe—Here’s What That Means for Your Health

As wildfires grow larger and more frequent across the West, researchers from Colorado, Utah, and California are digging into how smoke affects the air—and our health.

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Carbon Cycle Flaw Can Plunge Earth Into an Ice Age

UC Riverside researchers have discovered a piece that was missing in previous descriptions of the way Earth recycles its carbon. 

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