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Scientists urge action on chemical use in clothing
2015-05-15 16:25:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A group of international scientists are urging manufacturers, retailers and consumers to limit the production and use of stain and waterproofing chemicals common in clothing.
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Scientists will never build a perfect climate model, but thats OK
2015-05-14 23:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When we talk about climate models, its all all uncertainty this and insufficiency that as though theres some perfect, comprehenisve model of planet earth to compare them to. But no one criticizes NASA for building spacecrafts that arent the Starship Enterprise, because they know that the Starship Enterprise is fictional. The same is true for climate models that perfect simulation doesnt exist. This video from Motherboard helps explain why that is (while also informing us that NASAs...
Biotech 101: WPI event for high schoolers nurtures budding scientists
2015-05-13 07:43:59| Biotech - Topix.net
WORCESTER – The latest MCAS scores would seem to show that science is hard. Only 71 percent of high school test-takers in the state – the lowest rate of the three test areas – earned at least a proficient score on the 2014 science exam, for example.
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BASF and University of Göttingen scientists find new specific insecticide target protein
2015-05-13 06:00:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Research Triangle Park, USA and Göttingen, Germany - Scientists from BASF Crop Protection and the University of Göttingen in Germany have found a new insecticide target protein. The discovery marks the first identification of vanilloid receptors, the TRPV ion channels (transient receptor potential vanilloid), as insecticide targets. The results, published in the scientific journal Neuron on May 6, 2015, could help to better manage insecticide resistance and have implications for research and insecticide usage. read more
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Chinese scientists rear cattle rich in fish oils
2015-05-13 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
A team of Chinese scientists have reared genetically modified cattle that are said to be rich in omega-3 fatty acids, normally found in fish.
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