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An interdisciplinary team from Florida State University's Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science has uncovered ...

Pineapple leaf fiber has long been valued in parts of Southeast Asia for traditional uses, including basketry in Malaysia and ...

Beavers are widespread in estuaries and tidal wetlands in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, demonstrating that they ...

High-speed movies of microscopic worms may sound like a dull night at the cinema, but this advanced imaging capability could ...

Microplastic contamination has been a much-discussed topic over the last several years, but contamination from even smaller ...

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