Fungus Breaks Down Ocean Plastic
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research via EurekAlert! – A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from…
UV Radiation Kills Virus That Causes COVID-19 in Lab, Study Finds
Ohio State University via Newswise – COLUMBUS, Ohio – A specific wavelength of ultraviolet radiation killed more than 99.99% of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in laboratory tests, a new…
New, Highly Precise ‘Clock’ Can Measure Biological Age
University of Cologne via EurekAlert – Using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, researchers at the University of Cologne have developed an ‘aging clock’ that reads the biological age of an organism…
