Aquaculture has been called upon to become a more relevant source of food for humanity since the stagnation of global fisheries’ landings. However, aquaculture faces…
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Scale deposition mainly includes insoluble salts of calcium and magnesium, such as CaCO3, Ca3(PO4)2, CaSO4, MgCO3, and Mg(OH)2. Scaling phenomenon commonly occurs in desalination processes,…
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Cancer is still a global issue. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and present immune therapy do prolong the lives of cancer patients, but these cannot correct a…
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Today, plastic pollution is considered a critical environmental problem and it is identified, alongside climate change, as an emerging pollutant that might affect human health…
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Human activities have been increasing CO2 concentration (among other greenhouse gases) in the atmosphere for about 250 years, and we are already suffering from its…
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Smoking is a harmful addiction responsible for several lung pathologies caused by toxicity of the cigarette smoke. One of them is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),…
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It is common to read, watch, and hear reports of landslides and other types of earth movements on sloping terrain caused by heavy rain. The…
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Embryonic development is a fascinating process where a fertilized oocyte develops into a multicellular, adult organism. For more than 70 years, it was thought that…
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Since the concept of “oxidative stress” was coined by Helmut Sies in 1985, it has become so far-reaching that it is now considered a causative factor…
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Geochemical analysis gives us a clear idea about the various chemical elements present in the rocks and soils through which the water flows and acquires…
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The term auxin is derived from the Greek word “auxein,” which means to grow or to expand and was sealed by Charles Darwin more than…
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