Our bodies are continuously concocting specific antibodies to thwart invaders like a virus or even pollen, and scientists have new information about how the essential production gets fired up and keeps up.
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What Do Gardens Bring to Urban Ecosystems?
“A healthy community requires healthy soil.” This idea spurred a consortium of researchers, farmers, and community garden practitioners to dive into the challenges—and opportunities—of urban agriculture.
TV Meteorologists Could Play Key Role in Climate Change Education
Canadian meteorologists who deliver the evening news are interested in educating Canadians about the increasing impacts of climate change.
A Quest to Save Lives by Cleaning Up Production of a Ubiquitous Building Material
When Stephen Luby, MD, first arrived in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2004, he barely registered the hazy atmosphere.
Defects Help Nanomaterial Soak Up More Pollutant in Less Time
Cleaning pollutants from water with a defective filter sounds like a non-starter, but a recent study by chemical engineers at Rice University found that the right-sized defects helped a molecular sieve soak up more perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in less time.
NOAA And Partners Capture Footage of What Might Be New Species of Killer Whale
It’s not every day that scientists get an up close and personal look at what might be a new species.