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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 27th, 2015
Artificial Corals Might Help Clean Our Oceans of Pollutants

Artificial Corals Might Help Clean Our Oceans of Pollutants

The corals are designed to suck in toxic heavy metals

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 11th, 2014
There Are Now 269,000 Tons of Plastic Pollution in Earth's Oceans

There Are Now 269,000 Tons of Plastic Pollution in Earth's Oceans

Researchers estimate that, all in all, some 5.23 trillion plastic particles are now floating in global oceans

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 2nd, 2014
Eco-Friendly Rewritable Paper Can Be Reused over 20 Times

Eco-Friendly Rewritable Paper Can Be Reused over 20 Times

The paper is the brainchild of researchers with the University of California, Riverside, promises to reduce waste

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 29th, 2014
3D Printed Rocks Are Helping Scientists Better Understand Fracking

3D Printed Rocks Are Helping Scientists Better Understand Fracking

Such rocks make it possible for specialists to figure out what exactly happens with fluids and oil in the underground

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 4th, 2014
Spray-on Solar Cells Created by Scientists in the UK

Spray-on Solar Cells Created by Scientists in the UK

These innovative cells promise to boost the popularity of solar energy

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 28th, 2014
Trees in the US Deliver Health Benefits Worth $7Bn (€5.21Bn) Yearly

Trees in the US Deliver Health Benefits Worth $7Bn (€5.21Bn) Yearly

Researchers say trees save 850 lives annually, prevent respiratory problems

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 19th, 2014
Cosmic-Ray Radiography Could Help Clean Up Fukushima

Cosmic-Ray Radiography Could Help Clean Up Fukushima

The technique would serve to peer inside the nuclear plant's reactors

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 10th, 2014
Dust Particles Are Speeding Up the Melting of Greenland's Ice Shelf

Dust Particles Are Speeding Up the Melting of Greenland's Ice Shelf

This means global sea levels could up much sooner than expected, specialists say

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 3rd, 2014
Direct Conversion of Biomass to Biofuel Made Possible by Bacterium

Direct Conversion of Biomass to Biofuel Made Possible by Bacterium

The engineered bacterium promises to make biomass-based fuels more popular

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 2nd, 2014
Curbing Emissions Is the Key to Limiting Climate Change

Curbing Emissions Is the Key to Limiting Climate Change

Study finds geoengineering has little – if any – chances to save the planet

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • June 2nd, 2014
Report: The Last Two Years Were Australia's Hottest on Record

Report: The Last Two Years Were Australia's Hottest on Record

Researchers say this is proof enough that climate change is already happening

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 29th, 2014
Polar Bear Cubs Are Becoming a Rare Sight in the Arctic

Polar Bear Cubs Are Becoming a Rare Sight in the Arctic

Loss of ice means fewer females become pregnant and deliver cubs, study finds

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 26th, 2014
Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss Directly Linked for the First Time Ever

Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss Directly Linked for the First Time Ever

Researchers have been warning us about this for years, it turns out they were right

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 22nd, 2014
Fungi Can Be Used to Clean Contaminated Soils, Study Finds

Fungi Can Be Used to Clean Contaminated Soils, Study Finds

Researcher says white rot fungi can break down several organic pollutants

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 21st, 2014
Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces Make Water Bounce Off Like a Ball

Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces Make Water Bounce Off Like a Ball

Such surfaces can make energy generation cleaner, more efficient

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 9th, 2014
“Rock Snot” Could Soon Be a Common Sight in Waterways

“Rock Snot” Could Soon Be a Common Sight in Waterways

Global warming will be the one to blame when this happens, researchers say

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  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 8th, 2014
Inventory of the World's Glaciers Successfully Completed

Inventory of the World's Glaciers Successfully Completed

All in all, researchers mapped and catalogued nearly 200,000 glaciers

 
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