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A little green goes a long...
A little green goes a long way
Commercially available green jet fuels are on the horizon. Professor David Shonnard, Robbins Chair Chemical Engineering professor, completed a thorough study on the use of the Camelina Sativa weed as a replacement for petroleum jet fuel. This plant requires very little agricultural input to yield large amounts of the key ingredient for jet fuel; Camelina...
Plant-derived Therapy for ...
Plant-derived Therapy for Alzheimer’s?
Nearly 30 million people have developed Alzheimer’s disease worldwide, and millions more know the name of the incurable illness. Alzheimer’s disease is expected to affect four times as many people by the year 2050, a number as large as the population of Mexico. In the United States, Alzheimer’s is the leading cause of dementia, which is characterized...
Marijuana Linked to Cancer...
Marijuana Linked to Cancer
Marijuana is one of the few illegal substances remaining that can still arguably be less harmful than other legal substances, like tobacco. Until now, little research had been conducted to prove that cannabis smoke could have detrimental effects on the health of those who inhaled it. Research by Professor Rajinder Singh from University of Leicester...
Didymo: Invasion on the Ro...
Didymo: Invasion on the Rocks
News Flash from plants’ photosynthetic cousins: Didymosphenia geminata, one of the fastest spreading single-celled algae strains in the world has struck again, this time in the waters of the Esopus Creek in Shandaken, New York. Didymo, also known as Rock Snot, has been a growing concern for biologists in recent years. It first caught the eye of the...