Paleontologists have found fossilized multicellular marine algae, or seaweed, dating back more than 555 million…
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‘Watchdog’ for greenhouse gas emissions
Mistakes can happen when estimating emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane….
Pandas hear more than we do
A new study may help conservationists understand the potential for human activities to disturb giant…
Brain metabolism predicts fluid intelligence in young adults
A healthy brain is critical to a person’s cognitive abilities, but measuring brain health can…
BPA substitute can trigger fat cell formation: Chemical used in BPA-free products exhibits similar endocrine-disrupting effects
Exposure to a substitute chemical often used to replace bisphenol A in plastics can encourage…
Chemical exposure linked to 1.4 billion euros in women’s health care costs, study suggests
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals may contribute to reproductive health problems experienced by hundreds of thousands of women,…
Microscopic structures of vegetable surfaces contribute to foodborne illness
Foodborne illness outbreaks do more than make us sick. Not only can the U.S. economy…
Tougher plastic with 50 percent renewable content
Researchers have made a better thermoplastic by replacing styrene with lignin, a brittle, rigid polymer…
New method measures nicotine delivery from e-cigarettes
The effectiveness of e-cigarettes as a smoking substitute will likely rely on whether they can…
Fungus that threatens chocolate forgoes sexual reproduction for cloning
A fungal disease that poses a serious threat to cacao plants — the source of…