Giving up on photosynthesis: How a borrowed bacterial gene allows some marine diatoms to live on a seaweed diet
A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from ...
South Africans Flush Toilets With Drinkable Water: Study In Cape Town Looked At Using Seawater Instead
As the planet gets hotter and freshwater sources dry up, cities and towns will not be able to continue the global norm of ...
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Artificial Sweeteners Might Be Making You Hungrier. Here Are 4 Other Risks to Consider
Foods with "low calorie" and "artificial sweetener" tags aren't necessarily better for you. Experts are saying that they ...
Can You Have a Garbage Disposal With a Septic Tank?
Septic tank waste disposal systems have a delicate equilibrium that helps to break down solid waste, while releasing effluent ...
Scientists hope hungry weevils from Louisiana can tackle South Africa’s invasive water plants
South Africa is unleashing weevils imported from the United States in a bid to fight off the sprouting growth of Salvinia ...
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River of woes: Sewer overflows and spiking bacteria cause for concern
In 2024, the combined sewer overflows from the five major wastewater treatment plants along the Merrimack River totaled ...
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Nearly Half of People in the U.S. Have Toxic PFAS in Their Drinking Water
New data released by the EPA show that nearly half of people in the U.S. have drinking water contaminated by toxic “forever ...
Coral diseases and water quality threaten restoration efforts
Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn ...
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What Does a Tick Bite Look Like? Signs and Pictures
During this stage, the bacteria spread to other body areas ... Wash the tweezers thoroughly with soap and water or rubbing alcohol, then submerge them in boiling water for at least 15 minutes. How to ...
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Search for Determination of probability of causative pathogen in infectious keratitis using deep learning algorithm of slit-lamp images
On 4 March, PRIO hosted a roundtable on Chinese perspectives on global issues during the official visit of a Chinese delegation led by Vice Minister LU Kang (IDCPC). Scholars in Oslo joined to discuss ...
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Bacterial slime on microplastics helps breed antibiotic-resistant superbugs, study says
“Microplastics are like rafts — a bacteria on its own might not be able to swim down a river, but riding in its biofilm on a tiny bit of plastic it can be disseminated into many different ...