Microplastics are abundant in municipal wastewater, with concentrations ranging from 10 to 470 particles per liter in sewage. Despite the vast scale of urban sewer systems—extensive underground ...

Anaerobic methane formation and anaerobic methane oxidation are important microbial processes in the global carbon cycle. Both processes are mediated by syntrophic communities of bacteria and archaea.

A new study suggests that cold-adapted microbes may act as a natural climate regulator, limiting greenhouse gas emissions as temperatures rise. Microbial cooperation helps stabilise fragile ...

Introduction Oral iron supplementation is given in a broad range of conditions such as iron-deficiency anaemia but can cause significant gastrointestinal side effects in up to 70% of patients.

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The mastoid process is a bony projection behind the ears that serves as an attachment point for muscles. Pain in the mastoid process can be caused by infections like mastoiditis or muscle issues like ...

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, a relatively clean burning fossil fuel, but also a renewable biofuel when biologically produced from waste treatment plants. Most (~70%) of the global methane ...

Conception is when a sperm and egg join together to form a zygote. You can increase your chances of conception by having sex within 72 hours before ovulation or 24 hours after. Pregnancy tests can ...