Scientists at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley discovered that water or soil composts converted the enzyme-embedded plastic into its building blocks and eliminated microplastics in a few weeks.
Scientists from the University of Oxford have developed a vaccine that they say gives “unprecedented” protection against malaria, a deadly mosquito-borne disease that killed more than 400,000 people worldwide last year.
Reflective white paints currently on the market only reflect 80-90% of sunlight and absorb ultraviolet light. The researchers’ paint can successfully cool buildings, as it reflects 98% of sunlight.
A new app, currently in development at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, is designed to determine where plastic waste came from so action can be taken.
A 56-year-old woman from the Bronx, New York, named Sonia Sein is the recipient. She ended up in the hospital six years ago after a particularly nasty asthma attack.
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have created an online platform called the Archive of Healing which features thousands of previously delegitimized traditional therapies spanning seven continents and 200 years.
New data suggests the experimental vaccine is safe and stimulates a significant immune response that slows tumor progression. A larger Phase 2 trial is currently being planned.
The Center for Black Entrepreneurship will be the first-ever academic center to assemble, educate, and empower a new class of Black entrepreneurial talent.
New antibiotics are a crucial development to keep us ahead in the war against superbugs. The team says that this type of compound could work against a range of other bacteria as well, such as tuberculosis and golden staph.
The great waterway was shown to become filthier and filthier until 1980, when the effects brought about by the 1972 Clean Water Act (CWA) started to kick in.
