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What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary Institute-led team aims to find out
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City of Hope receives $32.3 million from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to advance innovative therapies for patients
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For Grand Canyon visitors, heat-related illness under climate change scenarios could increase 29%-137% by 2100 – with incidence peaking in shoulder season months when visitors may be less prepared for extreme heat
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At one Antarctic research station, contaminant levels exceeding international guidelines across 18 years have resulted from historic practices that have polluted the local ecosystem
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Research hints at links between babies’ microbiome and brain development
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Carpets retain a stubborn grip on pollutants from tobacco smoke
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Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology researchers develop highly efficient organometal halide perovskite photoelectrodes for water splitting
Currently, hydrogen is mainly produced by natural gas, which, unfortunately, also generates greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide as by-products....
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