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Nikon Announces Judging Panel For The 47th Annual Nikon Small World Competition Five expert judges will evaluate entries from around the world to select this years winning microscopy images and movies. News provided by Share this article Share this article MELVILLE, N.Y., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikon Instruments Inc. today announced the judging panel for the 2021 annual Nikon Small World photomicrography and Small World in Motion video competitions. Nikon Small World Nsikan Akpan, Ph.D.,...

To the editor: Plastic pollution is negatively impacting our oceans and wildlife. According to Ocean Conservancy, 8 million metric tons of plastic enter our oceans every year. I feel very strongly about this subject because according to a report sent to the Washington Post, if plastic continues to be produced at its current rate, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050. This is a scary thought: One day our children or grandchildren may live in a world where plastic in the oce...

A circular economy is one where consumption materials are designed, used, and re-used such that they remain in the economic system for as long as possible.

Pledging to push plastic out of the picture in a matter of years by replacing it with biodegradable or reusable alternatives. our plastic problem makes worse a key global divider, as wealthier nations ship their waste abroad to poorer ones. after china banned plastic imports in 2018, the western world turned to asias other developing nations but now other countries are following chinas lead to keep from becoming the wests new wasteland. vietnam plans to ban plastic imports entirely and malaysia ...

Biodegradable or reusable alternatives. our plastic problem makes worse a key global divider, as wealthier nations ship their waste abroad to poorer ones. after china banned plastic imports in 2018, the western world turned to asias other developing nations but now other countries are following chinas lead to keep from becoming the wests new wasteland. vietnam plans to ban plastic imports entirely and malaysia is returning hundreds of plastic waste to its home countries. in may after years of ba...

Consumption. for the second year in a row msnbc and comcast universal are making fresh drinking water available for free for those attending todays festival. last year was quite hot. this year is more comfortable. ive got my reusable msnbc water bottle here. its just one small fix to help stop a growing plastic problem here in america. we literally put jacob soboroff on trash duty. >> part of keeping our water clean is keeping this water -- bottle crap out of it. theres a lot of room for improve...