A process created by chemists at the University of California Berkeley vaporizes two of the most common waste plastics, turning them into gases that can be used to make more of the same plastics again.
Tag: Science
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REVERSE-ENGINEERING THE PLACEBO EFFECT RELIEVES CHRONIC PAIN IN MICE
The “placebo effect” refers to people feeling relief from symptoms when given a substance they believe to be medicine but really isn’t—a sugar pill instead of an actual drug, for example.
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A BETTER WAY TO CULL CRUCIAL METALS
Rare earth metals aren’t actually rare. Some are as abundant as copper.
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FASTER, CHEAPER WAY TO MAKE SEAWATER POTABLE
As the world’s population increases, the amount of clean water diminishes.
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EV BATTERY RECYCLING MADE EASY
When an electric vehicle’s battery pack reaches the end of its useful life, it still contains metals and other materials that can be reclaimed and reused.
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CANCER DRUGS RESCUE MOUSE BRAINS FROM ALZHEIMER’S
A new class of drugs developed to treat brain, blood, and breast cancers also relieves symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease in mice.
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RESEARCHERS FIND ANOTHER PATH TO LONGER, HEALTHIER LIFE
Researchers at the University of Connecticut have identified a protein known as p21 as a key culprit in aging and the illnesses and general debilitation that can accompany it.
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TEST WOULD ASSESS OCEANS’ ABILITY TO ABSORB MORE CARBON
A controversial test scheduled for next year would dump 20 tons of lye into the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod, then follow that up with a 200-ton test in the Gulf of Maine a year later.
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BLACK SOLDIER FLIES: THE NEXT WASTE-PROCESSING BIOFACTORIES
Black soldier flies don’t transmit diseases or buzz around your backyard barbecues. They stay out of our way, laying their eggs in trash dumps where their larvae have a voracious appetite for food scraps and later poop out surprisingly rich fertilizer.
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YES, “SCIENCE” CONTINUES TO MANIPULATE TEMPERATURE DATA TO SERVE THE CLIMATE CRISIS AGENDA
Flashback to 2019. Following the discovery that climate scientists tied to major entities like the IPCC were producing revisions to historical temperature data, authorities tried to sell the idea that they were making the original data “more accurate.”