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Plasticizers Inhibit Fertility in Female Mice

February 7, 2019 News Editor Comments Off on Plasticizers Inhibit Fertility in Female Mice

 

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, February 7, 2019 (ENS) – A phthalate found in many plastic and personal care products may decrease fertility in female mice, new research has found. Phthalates [...]

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China Will Launch Artificial Moon to Light City Streets

October 22, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on China Will Launch Artificial Moon to Light City Streets

 

CHENGDU, China, October 22, 2018 (ENS) – China is preparing to launch the world’s first artificial moon to increase light on city streets at night. By 2020, China [...]

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Novel 4D Scanning Predicts Volcanic Activity

June 7, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Novel 4D Scanning Predicts Volcanic Activity

 

MANCHESTER, UK, June 7, 2018 (ENS) – British scientists are using the latest in 4D technology to predict the behavior of lava flows and what that means for [...]

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Ultrafine Nanoparticles Form Intense Storms

February 19, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Ultrafine Nanoparticles Form Intense Storms

 

RICHLAND, Washington, February 19, 2018 (ENS) – Tiny particles fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been previously understood, finds a new study published in [...]

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Rare Earth Elements Discovered in American Coal

January 30, 2018 News Editor Comments Off on Rare Earth Elements Discovered in American Coal

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 29, 2018 (ENS) – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory has found high concentrations of rare earth elements, REE, in coal samples [...]

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Wearable Bio-batteries Use Bacteria to Generate Power

December 7, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Wearable Bio-batteries Use Bacteria to Generate Power

 

BINGHAMTON, New York, December 7, 2017 (ENS) – In the future, people could wear garments that incorporate power-generating bacteria to support electronic devices. A textile-based, bacteria-powered bio-battery that [...]

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Grab Your Eclipse Glasses, Here It Comes!

August 20, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Grab Your Eclipse Glasses, Here It Comes!

 

NEWPORT, Oregon, August 20, 2017 (ENS) – The first total solar eclipse since 1979 to be visible across North America starts early Monday morning, prompting hundreds of celebrations, [...]

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Finland Makes Fuel Out of CO2 Captured From the Air

June 24, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Finland Makes Fuel Out of CO2 Captured From the Air

 

ESPOO, Finland, June 24, 2017 (ENS) – A unique demonstration plant in Finland has proven that carbon dioxide (CO2) can be taken directly from the air and used [...]

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Scientists Urge New Research Integrity Advisory Board

April 21, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Scientists Urge New Research Integrity Advisory Board

 

WASHINGTON, DC, April 21, 2017 (ENS) – The United States should establish an independent, nonprofit Research Integrity Advisory Board to support ongoing efforts to strengthen research integrity, according [...]

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First NanoCar Race Heralds ‘Dawn of Atom Technology’

March 23, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on First NanoCar Race Heralds ‘Dawn of Atom Technology’

 

TOULOUSE, France, March 23, 2017 (ENS) – NanoCars will compete for the first time ever during an international molecule-car race to be held on April 28-29 in Toulouse, [...]

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Biotech Explosion Will ‘Overwhelm’ Regulators, Panel

March 15, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Biotech Explosion Will ‘Overwhelm’ Regulators, Panel

 

By Sunny Lewis

WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2017 (ENS) – So many biotechnology products are expected to come to market over the next five to 10 years, that [...]

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Earth’s Earliest Organisms Lived in Submarine Vents

March 1, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Earth’s Earliest Organisms Lived in Submarine Vents

 

LONDON, UK, March 1, 2017 (ENS) – Direct evidence of the oldest life forms ever found on Earth – the fossilized remains of microorganisms at least 3,770 million [...]

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NASA Discovers Seven Earth-Size Exoplanets

February 25, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on NASA Discovers Seven Earth-Size Exoplanets

 

WASHINGTON, DC, February 25, 2017 (ENS) – Seven Earth-sized planets have been found by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope around a small, relatively nearby, ultra-cool dwarf star. Three of [...]

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Antarctic Ice Crack Closes British Research Station

February 19, 2017 News Editor Comments Off on Antarctic Ice Crack Closes British Research Station

 

CAMBRIDGE, UK, February 19, 2016 (ENS) – The appearance of a large and growing crack in the ice shelf near the British Antarctic Survey’s Halley VI research station [...]

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Bees Learn to Pull Strings For Food, Teach Other Bees

November 2, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Bees Learn to Pull Strings For Food, Teach Other Bees

 

LONDON, UK, November 2, 2016 (ENS) – Bumblebees can learn to pull strings for food and pass on the skill to a colony, according to researchers at Queen [...]

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Force Under Central Andes Plateau’s Giant Dome Revealed

October 25, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Force Under Central Andes Plateau’s Giant Dome Revealed

 

SANTA CRUZ, California, October 25, 2016 (ENS) – A new scientific analysis of South America’s Andes mountain range shows the uplifting of Earth’s second highest continental plateau was [...]

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Wood Pulp Waste Converted to Stable, Blendable Biocrude

June 22, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Wood Pulp Waste Converted to Stable, Blendable Biocrude

 

SYDNEY, Australia, June 22, 2016 (ENS) – Scientists with the Australian start-up Licella have devised a way to use biomass waste from the papermaking process to make a [...]

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New Tyrannosaurus Species Discovered in Uzbekistan

March 16, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on New Tyrannosaurus Species Discovered in Uzbekistan

 

WASHINGTON, DC, March 16, 2016 (ENS) – A newly discovered species of dinosaur, named Timurlengia euotica, lived about 90 million years ago and fills a 20 million-year [...]

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Explorers to Search Antarctica for Dinosaur Fossils

February 1, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on Explorers to Search Antarctica for Dinosaur Fossils

 

AUSTIN, Texas, February 1, 2016 (ENS) – An international team of scientists will begin a two-month journey to Antarctica on Tuesday to search for dinosaur fossils. They hope [...]

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U.S. Funds Solar Panel Pavement That Generates Power

January 11, 2016 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. Funds Solar Panel Pavement That Generates Power

 

WASHINGTON, DC, January 10, 2015 (ENS) – A new type of solar pavement that can generate electricity and send it to the power grid is being developed by [...]

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