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Combustion From Gas Stoves Can Be Worse Than Secondhand Smoke
About 47 million homes use natural gas or propane-burning cooktops and ovens. Researchers found that cooking with gas stoves can raise indoor levels of the carcinogen benzene above those found in secondhand smoke.
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MIT Engineers Develop a Soft, Printable, Metal-Free Electrode
MIT engineers have developed a metal-free, Jell-O-like hydrogel material that is as soft and tough as biological tissue and can conduct electricity similarly to conventional metals. The material can also be made into a printable ink.
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Novel Insights on Lesser Known Food Poisoning Bacteria Could Help Prevention and Treatment
Research has revealed the properties of Providencia spp., a type of food poisoning bacteria, and paves way for establishment of preventive methods.
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Microplastics Shed by Contact Lenses
Scientists have developed a method to analyze minute debris in small samples and found that contact lenses exposed to sunlight over time can shed tiny fragments of plastic, though the health impact is unclear.
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Link Found Between Ocean Warming and Sponge Loss
Scientists have discovered that when a tropical sea sponge is exposed to warmer temperatures, it loses an important microbe, which could explain why the sponge tissue dies.
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Protein Confers Drought Tolerance in Plants
For the first time, researchers have characterized the function of AtMC3, a protein involved in drought tolerance in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.
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Harmful and Overlooked Algal Toxin Widespread of Florida Lagoon
Researchers have conducted the first widespread molecular study of domoic acid produced from Pseudo-nitzschia in the Indian River Lagoon. Their results suggest domoic acid may be a significant threat to the lagoon’s ecosystem.
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Cleaner Air With a Cold Catalytic Converter
In a new Science article, Eindhoven University of Technology scientists show that by modifying the carrier material of a catalytic converter, it is possible to almost completely convert toxic carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide gas, even at room temperature.
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CRISPR-Cas Used To Create Disease-Resistant Rice
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, and an international team of scientists used the genome-editing tool CRISPR-Cas to create disease-resistant rice plants.
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Water Offers an Underexplored Source of Valuable Materials
A new comprehensive review details the various mechanisms by which critical materials can be extracted from diverse water streams.
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