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The Driver of Sargassum Blooms in the Atlantic Ocean
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Reducing Arsenic in Drinking Water Cuts Risk of Death, Even After Years of Chronic Exposure
A new 20-year study of nearly 11,000 adults in Bangladesh found that lowering arsenic levels in drinking water was associated with up to a 50 percent lower risk of death from heart disease, cancer and other chronic illnesses, compared with continued exposure.
USC Study Links Ultra-processed Food Intake to Prediabetes in Young Adults
Researchers tracked 85 young adults over a four-year period, finding that increases in ultra-processed food consumption were linked with elevated blood sugar and early signs of diabetes risk.
Ultrasonic Device Dramatically Speeds Harvesting of Water From the Air
Feeling thirsty? Why not tap into the air? Even in desert conditions, there exists some level of humidity that, with the right material, can be soaked up and squeezed out to produce clean drinking water.
International Research Team Discovers a Potential Source of Abiotic Methane in the Arctic Ocean
An international team of scientists and students, led by the Arctic University of Norway, has announced a remarkable discovery of a venting system on the seafloor of the Arctic.
A New Take on Carbon Capture
If there was one thing Cameron Halliday SM ’19, MBA ’22, PhD ’22 was exceptional at during the early days of his PhD at MIT, it was producing the same graph over and over again.
