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The mayor of La Mancha, Spain, presented the city's Hijo Predilecto de la Ciudad award to Julian Gomez-Cambronero, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry & molecular biology. The award, which translates to "Favorite Son of the City," is given once every four years to individuals who have demonstrated special international achievements in the arts and sciences. La Mancha is Dr. Cambronero's hometown. In conjunction with the award, the city posted...
In a letter recently published in Nature, Prof. Chad R. Hammerschmidt from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, ES Ph.D. student Kaitlin Bowman along with their co-authors report on their findings from a study of anthropogenic mercury in the Pacific, Atlantic, Southern and Arctic Oceans. The letter suggests that ocean surface waters contain approximately 3 times more mercury when compared with levels present before anthropogenic inputs. To learn more, see the article in the...
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