At the University of Copenhagen, chemists have turned waste PET plastic into a novel material that binds to carbon in the atmosphere and holds it indefinitely, solving two major environmental problems at the same time.
Tag: Science
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HI-TECH SCIENCE: FAT-FIGHTING EDITION
Tiny pellets made from seaweed, green tea, and vitamin E trap dietary fat in the gut and escort it out of the body before it can be metabolized, according to research at China’s Sichuan University.
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SEAWEED EXTRACT GIRDS YOUR GUT TO FIGHT FAT
Sweet kelp, an edible seaweed common in meals in Japan and Korea, holds a compound that strengthens the ability of your gut’s good bacteria to keep you in trim.
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ONE PROTEIN CONTROLS FAT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
A protein named CHP1 is not only necessary to produce fat molecules in the body, but also to send them where they’re supposed to go.
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WHY ULTRA-PROCESSED FOOD MAKES YOU FAT
It’s not because all the additives make the foods taste good and feel good on your tongue.
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UNDERSEA DESALINATION PLANT MAKES THE PACIFIC OCEAN DRINKABLE
Desalination plants—systems that purify seawater to make it potable for things that live on land—tend to look like oil refineries, with sprawling acres of plumbing mazes and stands of towering storage tanks.
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A BIOLOGICAL “ENGINE” TO SPEED PROTEIN EVOLUTION BY 100,000 TIMES
At Scripps Research, scientists have created a way to evolve and test new proteins 100,000 times faster than before.
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IN A FIRST, SCIENTISTS GENETICALLY TRANSPLANT A BEHAVIOR
Scientists commonly transplant genes to transfer physical traits between species. At Japan’s Nagoya University, scientists have now done the same with a behavior.
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IS THIS PROTEIN THE CAUSE OF “NORMAL” AGING?
Scientists have found that what we think of as “normal” aging spreads through the body like an infection—and a particular form of a particular molecule could be the root cause.
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“THE PILL” FOR MEN CLEARS EARLY CLINICAL TRIAL
For the first time, scientists think they have an oral male contraceptive that’s fully effective, reversible, and causes no side effects.