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The advance could provide a scalable route to clean energy while making plastic recycling more effective. A discarded bottle, shopping bag or car part can remain in the waste stream long after its useful life ends. Although plastic is everywhere in modern society, recycling it remains difficult because most systems require different types to be […]
In a six-month study, people with obesity who ate an avocado each day lowered their blood levels of “bad” cholesterol particles. Adding one avocado to […]
Scientists documented humpback whales hunting together at the seafloor, coordinating their arrival to scoop up sand lances. Source: Science News
Unregulated online sales of portable ultrasound devices are facilitating covert sex-determination and abortion networks in India, a SciDev.Net investigation reveals. Source: Sci Dev Net