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New process recycles phosphorus from sewage sludge

The element phosphorus is not only important as a plant nutrient, it is also an indispensable industrial raw material. © Just_Super/ iSTock ...

Industrial wastewater can neutralize CO2

Alkaline industrial wastewater could be used to bind CO2. © Hereon/Jennifer Simmons So far, alkaline industrial wastewater from steel or cement production...

How reproducible are social science studies?

Scientific studies should be reproducible, replicable and robust. © ispyfriend/ iStock In science, reproducibility and replicability are important criteria for the credibility...

Newly discovered microbe provides insights into the beginnings of life

Researchers have discovered ancient Asgard archaea in these stromatolites in Shark Bay, Western Australia. © University of New South Wales/Adobe Stock The...

What the nighttime lighting reveals

Black Marble: Our Earth at Night. © Michala Garrison/NASA Earth Observatory We humans have turned night into day: our artificial lighting makes...

Photo worth seeing: AutoNutri – Intelligent nutrient monitoring for sustainable hydroponics

Vertical farming and closed hydroponic systems are considered key technologies for sustainable food production. However, there are challenges regarding the efficient use...

How the Antarctic Circumpolar Current formed

Model of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in its beginnings. © Alfred Wegener Institute / Hanna Knahl, Patrick Scholz The Antarctic Circumpolar Current...

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