Scientists from Trinity have created a suite of new biological sensors by chemically re-engineering pigments to act like tiny Venus flytraps.
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Improving the Odds for Patients with Heart Pumps
A new Yale study shows that some patients being treated for severe heart failure with a battery-operated pump saw significant improvement after additionally using neurohormonal blockade (NHB) drug therapy.
A Century Later, Plant Biodiversity Struggles in Wake of Agricultural Abandonment
Decades after farmland was abandoned, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover, according to new University of Minnesota research.
Reservoir Management Could Help Prevent Toxic Algal Blooms in Great Lakes
Managing reservoirs for water quality, not just flood control, could be part of the solution to the growth of toxic algal blooms in the Great Lakes, especially Lake Erie, every summer.
Study Finds a Green Solution in Halving Children’s Pollutant Exposure
Simply planting a hedge in front of a park can halve the amount of traffic pollution that reaches children as they play, finds a new study by the University of Surrey.
Four Ways to Curb Light Pollution, Save Bugs
Insects have experienced global declines. Flipping the switch can help.