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Researchers have engineered a strain of E. coli that can digest polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics and transform them into adipic acid – a useful feedstock for nylon materials, drugs and fragrances.

Participants in the research were between 7-10% less likely to purchase meat products if they came with bold warning labels, similar to the kind used in cigarette packaging.

The search is on worldwide to find ways to extract carbon dioxide from the air or from power plant exhaust and then make it into something useful. One of the more promising ideas is to make it into a stable fuel that can replace fossil fuels.

The high quantities of pesticides used on the soybean crops are thought to be responsible for the country's rising rates of childhood cancers.

Researchers have developed a new method for 3D printing metal that could help reduce costs and make more efficient use of resources.

Wireless technology could control and make magnetism appear in non-magnetic materials, which could facilitate magnetic nanorobots for biomedicine.

New research has shown that a single transferred cat hair contains DNA that could link a suspect to a crime scene or a victim.

Under the direction of a Cornell-led research team, the robot has meandered through the many crevasses below Antarctica, scanning the slopes of ice and examining water conditions along the way.

There are few things tastier than the crisp bite of a cold IPA…for now. A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications found the changing global climate may be affecting the flavor and cost of beer.

Imaging technology developed at Garvan shows that bone-resorbing osteoclasts gather in distinct pockets, leading to new insights for osteoporosis and cancer treatment.