Vanilla flavoring made from plastic bottles? Scientists show how bacteria can transform waste.

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Vanilla flavoring made from plastic bottles? Scientists show how bacteria can transform waste.

To break the cycle, the team used lab-engineered E. coli to turn the plastic-derived molecule terephthalic acid, “via a series of chemical reactions,” into something valuable: vanillin, a compound used to scent and flavor foods and cosmetics that’s also found in …
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Oil prices climb back to more than 2-year highs on demand optimism, as traders watch Iran talks

Oil futures rose Tuesday, with prices settling at more than two-year highs, on continued optimism about recovering demand and doubts that the U.S. would rejoin the Iran nuclear deal ahead of that country’s presidential election at the end of the week. Traders …
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US News Ranks Children's Hospital Colorado In The Top 10 For Pediatric Facilities In The Nation

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Children’s Hospital Colorado was once again recognized among the Top 10 in the nation. For the second year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the hospital in Aurora as the nation’s No. 6 pediatric facility. It was ranked …
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Delta restarts in-flight meals in first class on long flights

The Atlanta-based airline is first adding back hot meals on flights from Boston and New York to Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Delta says the in …
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US solar installations soared by 46% in the first quarter

The report reflects both robust demand from utilities and corporations seeking to meet greenhouse gas reduction goals and declining costs for the technology that has made it competitive with power generated from fossil fuels.
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