Chemical manufacturers consume a massive amount of energy each year separating and refining feedstocks to make a wide variety of products including gasoline, plastics and food.
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High-Fat Diets Affect Your Brain, Not Just Your Physical Appearance
Much research has pointed to how an unhealthy diet correlates to obesity, but has not explored how diet can bring about neurological changes in the brain.
Warm on Top, Cold Below: Unexpected Greenhouse Gas Effect in Lakes
A research team led by the University of Basel and the Université de Montréal examined how the ongoing climate warming affects the “behavior” of lakes.
Precious Metal Flecks Aid Cancer Therapy Quest
Tiny extracts of a precious metal used widely in industry could play a vital role in new cancer therapies.
Lightning ‘Superbolts’ Form over Oceans from November to February
The lightning season in the Southeastern U.S. is almost finished for this year, but the peak season for the most powerful strokes of lightning won’t begin until November, according to a newly published global survey of these rare events.
Number of Pregnant Women with High Blood Pressure Spiked over Last Four Decades
The number of women with high blood pressure (HBP) when they become pregnant or who have it diagnosed during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy has spiked in the United States over the last four decades, especially among black women, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension.


