Sunscreen: Hero for Humans, Villain for Marine Life?
Have you ever spent extra time at the store trying to decide which sunscreen to purchase? We try to protect ourselves from the Sun’s…
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Have you ever spent extra time at the store trying to decide which sunscreen to purchase? We try to protect ourselves from the Sun’s…
There are only two currently living species of bramble shark in existence today – Echinorhinus cookei and Echinorhinus brucus. The…
Imagine a kitchen in a busy household — dirty dishes piled in the sink, leftovers cold on the counter, and utensils strewn about.…
They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and this applies just as well to infectious diseases. Antibiotics have revolutionized…
Researchers in Germany and Switzerland used next generation sequencing to study an active aquaponics system. They sampled a biofilm from the…
Really, is there anything that microbes can't do?
Choosing the right species of algae is one of the most important first steps, they report, as it ultimately impacts the engine’s…
The latest cutting-edge water filtration technique comes from a biochemistry process that predates even dinosaurs. It involves harnessing…
It can be difficult to imagine how two organs that are so far away from each other in the body can be so intimately related.
From chemistry to biology to social networks, specific shared principles should guide how information is organized and how it cycles through…