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U of M researchers discover key for converting waste to electricity

The bacteria, Shewanella, are commonly found in water and soil and are of interest because they can convert simple organic compounds (such as lactic acid) into…

CITES Caviar Export Quotas Remain Steady for Beluga Sturgeon Despite Threat of Extinction

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) on Friday announced trade quotas governing the export of wild sturgeon and their prized…

Team probes mysteries of oceanic bacteria

A team of MIT researchers led by Professors Edward DeLong and Penny Chisholm is trying to change that.Borrowing gene sequencing tools developed for sequencing…

Seafloor cores show tight bond between dust and past climates

Each year, long-distance winds drop up to 900 million tons of dust from deserts and other parts of the land into the oceans. Scientists suspect this phenomenon…

Has the mystery of the Antarctic ice sheet been solved?

A team of scientists from Cardiff University’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences and Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales travelled to Africa to find new…

Space Sentinels: new ‘tools’ in space to improve European environment and security policies

This will be provided in two stages: €419 million for Segment 1 and €205 million for Segment 2 of the GSC programme. Segment 2 will be submitted for…

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