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Viruses may be more powerful in the International Space Station's microgravity environment

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

The research on microplastics in our bodies is terrifying. It might also be wrong.

Claims that microplastics are widespread throughout the human body are now being questioned. Microplastics are real — but ...

The Army Corps of Engineers wants to dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists tally the costs.

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, ...
The Scientist

How Ocean Currents Shape the Marine Microbiome

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where ...

Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines – but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out

Researchers who focus on one specialty are more likely to rise through the academic ranks, even though wicked societal ...
Cantech Letter

CAT Strategic Metals Enters into Binding Memorandum Of Understanding to Acquire a District-Scale Rare Earth Elements Project in Quebec

CAT Strategic Metals Corporation (CSE: CAT) (OTC Pink: CATTF) (FSE: 8CHA) (“CAT” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce ...
Hoodline

Hidden Toxins in the Mist: Bay Area Scientists Launch Statewide Fog Hunt

The work is backed by a roughly $3.7 million, five-year grant, according to the Heising-Simons Foundation. As outlined by the ...

5 Ways to Boost Workplace Productivity, According to McKinsey’s Analysis of 115 Programs

The consulting firm offers advice on setting up or improving health and wellbeing programs that benefit employees and businesses alike.