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Viruses From Sewage Contaminate Deep Well Water | Chemical & Engineering News

Viruses From Sewage Contaminate Deep Well Water | Chemical & Engineering News.

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Fracking Pennsylvania to Death | Mother Jones

Fracking Pennsylvania to Death | Mother Jones.

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Colorado hemp grower to plant historic first U.S. crop in decades – The...

Ryan Loflin plans to make history, becoming the nation’s first commercial-scale hemp grower in almost 60 years. In a few days, he will plant his hemp crop on a farm in the far southeastern corner of...

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Why is Science Behind a Paywall?

Why is Science Behind a Paywall?. Although the act of publishing seems to entail sharing your research with the world, most published papers sit behind paywalls. The journals that publish them charge...

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Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease Among Miners Killed In The Upper Big Branch...

Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease Among Miners Killed In The Upper Big Branch Disaster – A Systematic Review Of Lung Pathology (thoracic).

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Guest post: Harrison plant proposal ‘a bad deal’ « Coal Tattoo

Guest post: Harrison plant proposal ‘a bad deal’ « Coal Tattoo.

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Viruses in the gut protect from infection : Nature News & Comment

Viruses in the gut protect from infection : Nature News & Comment. Barr and his colleagues, who are based at San Diego State University in California, show that animal mucus — whether from humans,...

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Farewell Froggy, the Age of Ribbet is Nearing an End | Mother Jones

Farewell Froggy, the Age of Ribbet is Nearing an End | Mother Jones.

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Iron From Antarctic Rocks Fuels Algae Growth | Chemical & Engineering News

A new study suggests that iron leached into the sea from rock weathering and bacterial activity on Antarctica may be part of the answer (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, DOI: 10.1021/es305141b). Climate...

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A New Deal for Appalachia’s Forests: Growing Biofuels? by Mark Andrew Boyer —...

A New Deal for Appalachia’s Forests: Growing Biofuels? by Mark Andrew Boyer — YES! Magazine.

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Genetically Programmable Pathogen Sense and Destroy – ACS Synthetic Biology...

Genetically Programmable Pathogen Sense and Destroy – ACS Synthetic Biology (ACS Publications).

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PLOS ONE: Subglacial Lake Vostok (Antarctica) Accretion Ice Contains a...

PLOS ONE: Subglacial Lake Vostok (Antarctica) Accretion Ice Contains a Diverse Set of Sequences from Aquatic, Marine and Sediment-Inhabiting Bacteria and Eukarya. Abstract: Lake Vostok, the 7th largest...

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Burning Fossil Fuels Imperils Our Ability to Burn Fossil Fuels | Mother Jones

Pretty much every power plant requires water to work. Coal, natural gas, nuclear, and even some types of renewable energy need water to create steam and to cool down. These plants account for more than...

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Nucleobases bind to and stabilize aggregates of a prebiotic amphiphile,...

Nucleobases bind to and stabilize aggregates of a prebiotic amphiphile, providing a viable mechanism for the emergence of protocells. Abstract Primordial cells presumably combined RNAs, which...

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Natural affinities – unrecognized until now – may have set stage for life to...

Natural affinities – unrecognized until now – may have set stage for life to ignite | UW Today.

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N-Fix tech could drastically reduce agricultural fertilizer use

N-Fix tech could drastically reduce agricultural fertilizer use. Synthetic crop fertilizers are a huge source of pollution. This is particularly true when they’re washed from fields (or leach out of...

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Aphid attacks should be reported through the fungusphone | Byte Size Biology

Aphid attacks should be reported through the fungusphone | Byte Size Biology. When some plants are attacked by sap-sucking aphids, they emit volatile compounds into the air. These volatiles serve as a...

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Test-Tube Meat’s Secret Ingredient: Unborn Cow Blood | Mother Jones

Test-Tube Meat's Secret Ingredient: Unborn Cow Blood | Mother Jones. “The growth medium that provides nutrients, vitamins, and growth hormones to the cells is currently made with a mixture of sugars...

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Keystone Light: The Keystone XL Alternative You’ve Never Heard of Is Probably...

Keystone Light: The Keystone XL Alternative You've Never Heard of Is Probably Going to Be Built | Mother Jones. The 774-mile pipeline would run from Patoka, Ill, to St. James, La, alleviating a...

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The Social Life of Genes: Shaping Your Molecular Composition

The Social Life of Genes: Shaping Your Molecular Composition.

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