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Just over 60 years ago, scientist and conservationist Rachel Carson warned that modern societies were contaminating the ...

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Laboratories turned to a smart workaround when COVID‑19 testing kits became scarce in 2020. They mixed samples from several ...

A research project conducted by the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung shows how biomass can be used as a raw material ...

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Researchers have identified two compounds, K102 and K110, that could repair the nerve damage from multiple sclerosis. These drugs help regenerate the protective myelin sheath and balance immune ...

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...

Mr. Cook’s actions are the latest example of regulators who had close industry ties playing a major role in oversight of businesses they previously represented. A separate division of the E.P.A., ...