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What the world can learn from the devastating floods in Pakistan
Born in India and having friends from Pakistan, Auroop Ganguly, professor of civil and environmental engineering…
Why experts say lawns should become a thing of the past
Grass is under siege in the western United States. Click here for original story,…
Dogs have died after licking a common chemotherapy cream, FDA warns
Your dog may like to lick your hand or face, but if you’re using a chemotherapy…
Newly identified genes may help protect crops against flooding
Researchers at Hiroshima University are closer to identifying the molecular processes underlying how floods deprive plants…
Pipeline operators to plead no contest in Orange County oil spill and pay nearly $5 million
The Texas company operating the pipeline that caused a massive oil spill in the waters off…
Why plants worldwide became woody
Why do some plants grow into large woody shrubs or colossal trees, while others remain small…
West Africa's fisher women cope with job insecurity, but policymakers are using their resilience against them
All along West Africa’s coastline, women play a vital role in the fisheries sector as processors,…
3D nanoprinting using semiconductor quantum dots to create optoelectrical materials
A team of researchers from Tsinghua University, working with a colleague from Jilin University, has developed…
South African colonial diaries are helping climate scientists reconstruct weather patterns of the past
The current climate crisis raises many questions. Some are forward-looking: how can this be fixed? Some…