ScienceShot: Toads Keep Their Brains Germ-Free – ScienceNOW
“By performing genetic analyses and mass spectrometry on ground-up toad brains, the researchers found 79 different antimicrobial peptides—the widest varie...
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Presentation: Product Stewardship – Lynne Pledger
In one panel, I got upset that all recycling talk was about the consumer and the waste management companies. I asked what about producer responsibility. To my s...
Presentation: Product Stewardship Session – Kate Hagemann
More on Extended Product Responsibility in the US. Bookmarked in Delicious. Read this article…
Presentation: What’s In Your Trash – Michael Alexander
Great presentation on what it would take to get to zero waste. Michael was a great presenter as well. What’s really cool is that the US is hovering around...
Presentation: A Closer Look at Our Garbage – Alan Kirschner
Great study commissioned by the state of MA to find out what was ending up at some of the state's big recycling centers. Already the raw data are starting ...
MassRecycle 2011 Conference Presentations
Presentations from the Organics Waste and Recycling event held at the end of March. It was great and I’ll link to some of the presentations. Bookmarked in...
The Great Beyond: Nitrogen fertilizer: too much of a good thing
“Overuse of nitrogen fertilizer costs the European Union €70 billion – €320 billion per year, according to a landmark assessment of nitrogen flows across ...
Sharing the experience of the Civil War, 150 years later – The Boston Globe
“Hearts still touched with fire – Stories of men who served in a Mass. regiment much-bloodied during the Civil War still resonate with relatives, 15...
A Bacterium That Acts Like a Toothbrush – ScienceNOW
“Researchers have identified a new ally in the war against tooth decay: an enzyme produced by a mouth bacterium that prevents plaque formation. The findin...
‘Virus-eater’ discovered in Antarctic lake : Nature News
“A genomic survey of the microbial life in an Antarctic lake has revealed a new virophage — a virus that attacks viruses. The discovery suggests that thes...