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Psychedelic Toads Pushed To The Limit, Conservationists Urge Synthetic 5-MeO-DMT Option

Feb. 2, 2021

Careful analysis of breakthroughs & trends in psychoactive substances
 

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Some Ecological Damage from Trump’s Rushed Border Wall Could Be Repaired

Jan. 25, 2021

Conservationists urge Biden to dismantle it quickly, especially in key habitats

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Arizona mining industry steps up to meet skyrocketing demand for copper

Jan. 24, 2021

It has the highest recycling rate of any engineering metal, every child born today will use about 1,500 pounds of it, between 500 and 600 pounds of it were used to make billions of doorknobs in the United States, and the Statue of Liberty is plated with upwards of 179,000 pounds of it.

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Scientists applaud President Biden’s White House science team and commitment to science

Jan. 23, 2021

President Joe Biden’s White House science team faces cascading crises as it takes command amid COVID-19, escalating climate change and crippling public doubts about science. But scientists across the country are confident the new administration is up to the challenge, especially under the leadership of science adviser Eric Lander, the pioneer who helped map the human genome.

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Analysis of Alaskan Tree Rings can Help Fine-Tune Future Climate Predictions

Jan. 22, 2021

University of Arizona researchers read between the lines of tree rings to reconstruct exactly what happened in Alaska the year that the Laki Volcano erupted half a world away in Iceland. What they learned can help fine-tune future climate predictions.

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Wastewater epidemiology used to stave off lettuce shortage

Jan. 21, 2021

The University of Arizona is leading the charge in studying wastewater for potential diseases, including COVID-19. Now, the work of epidemiologists could help save the nation from a leafy-green shortage, starting right here in Arizona.

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Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater

Jan. 21, 2021

The University of Arizona began monitoring campus wastewater for evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in March of 2020. That August, a sample from one of their 20 on-campus dorms revealed a viral load—an indication that individuals living in that residence might be infected.1 The school tested each of the 311 residents in that dorm and found two positive cases—neither was yet exhibiting symptoms, suggesting they could have passed the virus silently throughout the student population had they not been found in time. Instead, they were isolated before they could infect others, and the school averted a wider outbreak.

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Arizona researchers are launching a project in Yuma County aimed at understanding the community spread of the coronavirus by studying the area’s wastewater.

Jan. 19, 2021

The Covid-19 virus can be picked up in wastewater before it’s found in a clinical setting and researchers in a new study say this could be really useful for tracking new mutations of the virus, like the B.1.17 strain that is now widespread in the U.K. and has already been introduced in the U.S.

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How Solar Panels Could Help Save Struggling Farms

Jan. 18, 2021

Solar companies and farmers can work together to harvest sunlight for both energy and food.
 

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Arizona research to study coronavirus spread in Yuma sewage

Jan. 15, 2021

Arizona researchers are launching a project in Yuma County aimed at understanding the community spread of the coronavirus by studying the area’s wastewater.

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