A thousand liters of seawater can contain up to 8.3 million particles of microplastics. Until now,…
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Star survives close call with a black hole
Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of survival story: a star that had a brush…
Adsorbent material developed from PET bottles for the removal of antibiotics from water
South Korea, with its high antibiotic use, is categorized as a country at high risk of…
Researchers solve 'link discovery' problem for terahertz data networks
When someone opens a laptop, a router can quickly locate it and connect it to the…
Warming climate undoes decades of knowledge of marine protected areas
Climate change and warming seas are transforming tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about…
Fins from endangered hammerhead sharks in Hong Kong market traced mainly to Eastern Pacific
For the first time, researchers have traced the origins of shark fins from the retail market…
No time to waste to avoid future food shortages
During the past few weeks, empty supermarket shelves, without pasta, rice and flour due to panic…
Dissolved oxygen and pH policy leave fisheries at risk
In a Policy Forum, “Dissolved oxygen and pH criteria leave fisheries at risk” published in the…
SMU professors detail how homeless students are doing educationally in Houston ISD
A new report by SMU professors Alexandra Pavlakis and Meredith Richards details how homeless students in…
Hummingbirds show up when tropical trees fall down
When the tree fell that October in 2015, the tropical giant didn’t go down alone. Hundreds…