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Other Sciences
Research team develops more comprehensive method to monitor lobster industry
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Maine’s lobster fishery supports thousands of jobs across the state and is extensively monitored. Management efforts are informed by biological monitoring surveys that observe changes in lobster abundance and distribution, as well as dealer and harvester reports from the industry. But these statistics do not tell the whole story of an industry reeling from supply, market…
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Chemistry
Researchers unveil chip to quickly monitor antibiotics in water
Scientists have developed a simple TMP detection device for in-situ monitoring of contaminated wastewater using a selenite-rich lanthanum hydroxide electrode and a microfluidic channel in a polyimide filter. Credit: Tae Yoon Lee, Chungnam National University, South Korea Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health crisis as bacteria and other microorganisms become resistant to antibiotics. The main driver of this…
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Environment
Road networks stretching into the forests of the Congo Basin: satellites and AI help monitor
Road development in the Congo Basin forests over the past five years. Credit: Remote Sensing of Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114380 The Congo Basin rainforests are the second largest tropical forests in the world, store large amounts of carbon and host high levels of biodiversity. Historically these forests have remained largely intact, but more recently road development has posed a significant…
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