Many coastal watersheds have suffered from decades of urbanization which has diverted stormwater, carrying nutrient pollution, into coastal ocean waters. The influence of land-based runoff…
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Since the oil crisis of 1973, the issues associated with nuclear energy have gradually gained attention worldwide. As shown in Figure 1, the generation of…
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When drugs or devices enter the market, we want to be sure that there is effective, rapid post-market surveillance of adverse events in order to…
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Modern general anesthesia was successfully used only one hundred and sixty years ago, but nowadays we can’t imagine surgery operations without it. From the wide…
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Ancient humans have long used pottery as their main containers for storing food and as a cooking device even before the Neolithic period. These potteries…
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Industrial biotechnology aims to use bioprocessing of sustainable agriculture products, such as starch, fatty acids and/or cellulose, to produce bulk chemicals including polymeric materials and…
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For the past few years, astronomers have been intensely studying gravitational waves. Gravitational waves have given astronomers a new model to see the universe with,…
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Hawaii’s hurricane season runs from July to December, which means if you are planning a big trip to Hawaii it is certainly something to think about….
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It was long thought that Africa was where the human species first developed, but now, a new discovery published in the journal Nature challenges that…
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Flagella are commonly found in bacteria, but can also be found in archaea and eukaryotic organisms as well. A flagellum is a lash-like structure that…
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If you flip a coin, there’s a fifty percent chance (probability) the coin will land on heads a fifty percent chance it will land on…
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