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Chemistry World

Free certification for US cannabis labs to help fight opioid epidemic

Brian Owens Jul 27, 2017

Ensuring that America’s medical marijuana is reliable and of high quality will help patients and drive down opioid use in the country, according to Americans for…

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Arctic Deeply

The Climate Bomb Lurking Under Arctic Permafrost

Brian Owens Jul 25, 2017

New research aims to better understand how much methane – a potent greenhouse gas – is burbling to the surface of the Mackenzie Valley in Canada’s…

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Inside Science

Cyclists’ Pacing Strategies Should Consider the Wind

Brian Owens Jul 20, 2017

Both Tour de France racers and recreational cyclists can improve performance by riding hardest into the wind. As the elite riders of the Tour de France…

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Nature Biotechnology

Faster, deeper, smaller—the rise of antibody-like scaffolds

Brian Owens Jul 12, 2017

In early May the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca completed a deal with Boston-based Pieris Pharmaceuticals worth up to $2.1 billion to bring Pieris’ anticalin asthma drug PRS-060,…

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Water Canada

Looking at Future Stormwater Solutions

Brian Owens Jun 26, 2017

Onto each city, some rain must fall. But we can be smarter about how we deal with it. Most of the time rainwater is treated as…

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Hakai

Quiet Please, the Fish Are Flirting

Brian Owens Jun 21, 2017

Fish that fart together stay together. In an ocean full of clicking shrimp and singing whales, fish are often imagined as the silent actors. Fish use…

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