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December 21, 2018 Llamas And The Flu
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Last year’s flu season was the worst in 40 years. More than 80,000 people died in the U.S. last year from the flu and its complications. Flu vaccines are the best preventative we have, but there are still high mortality rates around the world. Some individuals respond poorly to vaccination, and variations in viruses makes targeting with the optimal antigen very difficult. The World Health Organization estimates that between 290,000 and 650,000 people die from seasonal flu worldwide each year.
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December 20, 2018 Fighting Hunger With A Shrub
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A recent study has revealed that a tough, woody shrub that grows throughout Western Africa can actually share its water with adjacent cultivated plants and boost grain production.
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December 19, 2018 Deforestation In The Amazon Rainforest
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The Amazon rainforest is the biggest in the world. In fact, it’s larger than the next two rainforests combined. The Amazon rainforest covers more than three million square miles, roughly the size of the lower 48 states. It functions as a critical sink for carbon in the atmosphere, and is home to 10% of all known species in the world. The region’s biodiversity is so rich that scientists are still discovering new plant and animal species today.
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December 18, 2018 Cleaning And Splitting Water
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Researchers at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, have developed a photocatalytic system that can be used to degrade pollutants present in water while simultaneously producing hydrogen that can be captured and put to use.
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December 17, 2018 Extreme Botany
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The threat of extinction of many animal species is something that makes headlines. But there are also thousands of critically endangered plants in the world and that situation has not generated nearly the same sense of urgency. Some biologists have used the term “plant blindness” to describe humanity’s inability to appreciate the ecological and economic importance of plants.
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December 14, 2018 The Cockroaches Of The Ocean
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The coast of Northern California is home to underwater forests – huge, sprawling tangles of brown seaweed. Kelp forests play a similar role in the oceans as the one that ordinary tree forests play on land. Like trees, kelp absorbs carbon emissions and provides critical habitat and food for a wide range of species.
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December 13, 2018 A Supermaterial From Plastic Waste
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Researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a way to convert plastic bottle waste into an ultralight aerogel material that has multiple potential applications.
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December 11, 2018 A Plane With No Moving Parts
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Airplanes have been with us for more than a century and they fly with the help of propellers, turbine blades or fans that noisily move them through the air. Recently, MIT engineers have built and flown a plane with no moving parts.
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December 07, 2018 A Prize For Water From The Air
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The XPrize competitions provide monetary incentives to crowdsource solutions to the world’s grand challenges. Originally started in 1994 to spur the development of private spaceflight, the XPrize program now offers prizes for diverse fields including Oceans, Learning, Health, Energy, Environment, Transportation, Safety and Robotics.
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December 06, 2018 The Global Vertebrate Population Is Struggling
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According to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund, the planet’s populations of vertebrates have dropped an average of 60% since 1970.
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