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Microbes in different soils might use different metabolic pathways to process nutrients, respire and grow, according to new research.

Perovskite materials may hold the potential to play an important role in a process to produce hydrogen in a renewable manner.

A national study that enrolled a highly diverse group of pregnant women over 12 years found rising exposure to chemicals from plastics and pesticides that may be harmful to development.

A study has found that people don’t associate science with indulgent goods like delicious chocolate chip cookies. But they’re happy to have science create body wash that fights odor-causing bacteria.

OH radicals are notoriously difficult to measure accurately, but new research has provided a direct detection method for measuring OH radicals in the atmosphere.

A sensor has been designed that can be incorporated into a diaper to measure multiple components of urine and provide bedside analyses for elderly or infant patients.

The international agriculture trade has been associated with rising greenhouse gas emissions in less-developed nations, largely due to land use changes that promote agriculture.

A new, self-powered system has been developed for monitoring ammonia leakage in ammonia-fuelled vessels.

Farmlands across Europe are potentially the biggest global reservoir of microplastics due to the high concentrations found in fertilizers derived from sewage sludge, new research has shown.

A new study has predicted that replacing 20% of beef with "microbial protein" – a market-ready meat substitute – could reduce annual deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions by half.