Pharmaceutical pollution is found in streams and rivers globally, but little is known about its effects on animals and ecosystems.
Antidepressant Pollution Alters Crayfish Behavior, With Impacts to Stream Ecosystems
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Dosing the Coast: Baltimore County’s Leaky Pipes Are Medicating the Chesapeake Bay
In Baltimore, Maryland, leaky sewage infrastructure delivers tens of thousands of human doses of pharmaceuticals to the Chesapeake Bay every year.
Team Develops Bioprocess for Converting Plant Materials into Valuable Chemicals
A team of scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a bioprocess using engineered yeast that completely and efficiently converted plant matter consisting of acetate and xylose into high-value bioproducts.
Rising Seas Force Dune and Beach Movement
Evidence of the impact of rising sea level has been found in beach and sand dune movement along the Dutch coastline – indicating that the effect will impact all coastal areas.
Scientists Identify for the First Time Live Immune Cells in a Coral and Sea Anemone
A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the Ben Gurion University of the Negev has identified specialized immune cells in the cauliflower coral and starlet sea anemone that can help fight infection.
Antibodies Elicited by COVID-19 Vaccination Effective Against Delta Variant
Despite causing a surge in infections this summer that has resulted in thousands of hospitalizations and deaths, the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is not particularly good at evading the antibodies generated by vaccination, according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
