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A very special scum is growing at the wastewater treatment plant. Before flowing into t River, a privileged 0.6% of Santa Fe’s flushed wastewater has, since last August, enjoyed a brief ...

Emerging technologies such as lab-based meat could produce the same quality and quantity of protein on hundreds of times less land.

High in the Rockies, researchers are discovering that wind-borne pollution and rising heat are fueling unprecedented algal blooms ...

Scientists at UCSF invented a microscopic “womb” material for growing artificial organs (organoids) from scratch.

Wallseal outperforms by directly targeting root causes - moisture - with proven polymers that inhibit algae/fungi, unlike basic putties.

Researchers have uncovered a molecular trick used by hornwort plants that could help future crops capture carbon dioxide more efficiently. A unique protein feature called RbcS-STAR causes the key ...

Microplastics cause decreases in the populations of grazing animals in ponds, ultimately resulting in toxic algal blooms.

The condition of 14-hectare intertidal wetland near T S Chanakya, Nerul, once an important feeding ground for migratory flamingos, rapidl.

Miniature organs grown in the lab can organize themselves into complex shapes. But they never do it the same way twice, which makes it hard to use these so-called "organoids" to study disease. Now, ...

In April 2019, a marine heat wave struck a coral reef on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, killing much of the coral and the beneficial algae that colonized it. This "bleaching" event reduced ...

This often-overlooked nutrient may be the key to better hearing.