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Environmentally-Friendly Biodegradable Glitter Developed

An innovative glitter product has been developed that is biodegradable and uses light-reflecting shapes to create sparkles unlike any other – with the potential to mitigate plastic pollution around the world.
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Wastewater Offers Precision Insights

A machine learning algorithm developed by researchers is able to determine how many people are represented in a wastewater sample when trained on real samples of microbiota.
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Chemical Toxicity Assessment Improved With Machine Learning

Machine learning can vastly improve hazard assessments of chemicals, both during development and when evaluating current chemicals, according to new research.
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Microplastics May Boost the Toxicity of Other Pollutants

Researchers have shown that, when attached to microplastics, UV filters used in products such as sunscreens can make chromium metal more toxic.
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Fasting Helps Type II Diabetes Patients Enter Remission

A new study suggests that a form of intermittent fasting (IF) can help patients with Type II diabetes enter remission.
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Breakthrough in Fusion Energy Generation

Scientists have hailed a "true breakthrough" as a fusion reaction has successfully generated more energy than was used to create it.
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"Forever Chemicals" Destroyed by Pollution Cleanup Method

A breakthrough process developed by scientists can destroy toxic poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances in drinking water.
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Apple Waste Could Boost Chicken Health

The juice, pulp and pomace from apples have been shown to have health benefits when injected into the amniotic fluid of a chicken egg.
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Biological Solar Cell Takes Energy Directly From the Plant

For the first time, researchers have used a succulent plant to create a living “bio-solar cell” that runs on photosynthesis.
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Point-of-Care Biosensor Rapidly Detects Oral Cancer

Researchers develop a hand-held biosensor for quick, accurate clinical diagnosis of oral cancer.
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