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  • How lottery-style bottle returns could transform recycling

    How lottery-style bottle returns could transform recycling

    When people were offered a 0.01% chance at winning $1,000 instead of 10 cents for returning their bottles, they recycled 47% more bottles. The cost was the same.

  • Innovative coating for blood vessels reduces rejection of transplanted organs

    Innovative coating for blood vessels reduces rejection of transplanted organs

    Researchers have found a way to reduce organ rejection following a transplant by using a special polymer to coat blood vessels on the organ to be transplanted.

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