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The Risk of Microplastics: Plight or Hype?
Microplastics are synonymous with risks to health and the environment, but how much of this concern is actually justified?
Mapping a Path to Universal Healthcare
Implementing universal healthcare in low- and middle-income countries requires a robust implementation framework.
Earth Day 2019: Digital Control Technology for Renewable Energy
Digital management is the key to realizing renewable energy on a year-round, global scale.
Determining Drug Transport across the Placental Barrier
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Is Mars Colonization a Dream or a Necessity?
Mars colonization may soon become a reality, but what are the pros and cons of this feat?
Sweets for a Healthy Ozone Layer
Researchers from Mainz and Aschaffenburg use a sugary material to help save our depleted ozone layer.
Food and Lifestyle Behavior – Do We See an Impact of Epigenetic Burden of Chronic Disease?
Increasing consumption of western and low fiber diets, smoking or just exposure to tobacco smoke, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity, and environmental pollutants may have programed the human epigenome for higher NCCDs risk.
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