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Putting STEM to Work: Efficient Gene Sequencing Through Automation

Putting STEM to Work: Efficient Gene Sequencing Through Automation

Thanks to the generous support of Regeneron, River Journal publishes four times a year the on-the-spot report of a River Towns high school science student who is paired with a Regeneron scientist to find out what it’s like to put education STEM at work in the real world. Edmund Tsou is a junior at Briarcliff …

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Canada accused of putting its timber trade ahead of the global environment

The Canadian government has been accused of putting its domestic timber industry ahead of the global environment, following a leak aimed at watering down the world’s most ambitious zero-deforestation trade regulations. Weeks before the UN Biodiversity Conference, Cop15 in Montreal, the host country sent a letter to the European Commission asking for a review of …

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REDcycle’s collapse is a serious problem, but recycling plastic is like putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound

This week, the federal government signed on to an international agreement to recycle or reuse 100% of plastic waste by 2040, ending plastic pollution. But major obstacles stand in the way. The most recent is the collapse of Australia’s largest soft plastic recycling scheme, REDcycle. The program was suspended after it was revealed that soft …

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