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Breaking Barriers in the Ice

For years, managing personal hygiene, particularly menstruation and toileting, in the extreme Antarctic environment was often a solitary and unspoken challenge, especially for women and non-binary individuals.

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Future Generations: NSF-Funded Project Explores How Nanoplastics are Transmitted to Offspring

You can’t see nanoplastics with the naked eye, but they’re everywhere — including your body.

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Koala Stress Linked to Disease Threat

Researchers have revealed a clear relationship between stress and increased disease risk in koalas in South East Queensland and on the New South Wales North Coast.

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First Evidence That Plastic Nanoparticles Can Accumulate in the Edible Parts of Vegetables

Plastic pollution represents a global environmental challenge, and once in the environment plastic can fragment into smaller and smaller pieces.

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From Beer to Useful Fats and Medicines

The residues that remain when a brewery makes beer or whiskey are called spent grain or brewer’s spent grain (BSG).

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Gut Bacteria Linked to How Our Genes Switch On and Off

The trillions of microbes that live in the human gut may play a bigger role in health than previously thought, according to a new research by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

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Turning Apple Waste Into Profit and Protein

Every year, as the presses churn and the sweet smell of cider fills the autumn air, more than 4 million tons of apple byproducts are hauled off as animal feed, compost or landfill waste.

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New UK-Wide Carbon Tracking Platform to Power Climate-Smart Farming

A new mobile research platform designed by Lancaster University scientists to track how carbon moves through UK farmland will support more sustainable, climate-smart agriculture.

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Heatwaves in US Rivers Increasing Up to Four Times Faster Than Air Heatwaves

As the frequency and intensity of heatwaves increase across the U.S., a similar but more striking phenomenon is occurring in American rivers.

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Ice Dissolves Iron Faster Than Liquid Water

Ice can dissolve iron minerals more effectively than liquid water, according to a new study from Umeå University. The discovery could help explain why many Arctic rivers are now turning rusty orange as permafrost thaws in a warming climate.

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