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Golden Opportunity to Reduce Toxic Waste

A major discovery by an interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Australia has found a safer and more sustainable approach to extract and recover gold from ore and electronic waste.

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Study Challenges Recent Claims About Rapid Antarctic “Greening”

A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic “greening” in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of field-based ecological knowledge.

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City Lights Extend Growing Season for Urban Trees

From New York to Paris to Beijing, urban trees are enjoying an extra-long growing season, a new study finds.

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USC Technology May Reduce Shipping Emissions by Half

New research shows how a shipboard system using limestone and seawater could cut maritime CO2 emissions by 50%.

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More Effective Production of “Green” Hydrogen With New Combined Material

The chemical reaction to produce hydrogen from water is several times more effective when using a combination of new materials in three layers, according to researchers at Linköping University.

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Scientists Capture Slow-Motion Earthquake in Action

Scientists for the first time have detected a slow slip earthquake in motion during the act of releasing tectonic pressure on a major fault zone at the bottom of the ocean.

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Wildfires Threaten Water Quality for Years After They Burn

CIRES-led research used big data to analyze over 500 river basins to create and analyze the first large-scale database.

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Sizzling Start to Summer

The astronomical start to summer was difficult to ignore for tens of millions of people in the United States in 2025.

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Caffeine Could Slow Cellular Ageing: New Research Shows How

A new study from the Cellular Ageing and Senescence laboratory  at Queen Mary University of London’s Centre for Molecular Cell Biology, reveals how caffeine —the world’s most popular neuroactive compound—might do more than just wake you up.

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New Homes for Endangered Skink

Climate change and habitat loss are affecting animal populations around the world and reptiles such as South Australia’s own endangered pygmy bluetongue are susceptible to higher temperatures and declining long-term rainfall trends.

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