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Companies that broker and facilitate scientific fraud are large, resilient, and growing rapidly, according to a new study.

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Plastic has a problem; is chemical recycling the solution? Under public pressure, plastics makers are increasingly looking to partner with companies to develop chemical recycling processes ...

Why glass recycling in the US is broken Americans turn old bottles into new ones at much lower rates than people in other countries. A recent analysis explains why ...

The fight against fungi With hard-to-treat systemic fungal infections on the rise, scientists search for new ways to bolster our antifungal arsenal ...

How wildfires can contaminate drinking water New research shows that the heat causes volatile organic compounds to leach out of plastic service line pipes into water ...

Companies want to ramp up domestic lithium supply to meet huge increases in demand and break China’s control of the market. Are their actions too little too late?