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Meet Bailey Quinn Frank, the Fort Lauderdale eighth-grader who built a low-cost air sampler from small fans and filter paper to capture bacterial DNA and explore rural health surveillance

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Meet Bailey Quinn Frank, the Fort Lauderdale eighth-grader who built a low-cost air sampler from small fans and filter paper to capture bacterial DNA and explore rural health surveillance

Bailey Quinn FrankPhoto credit: Society for science When Bailey Quinn Frank learned that scientists can identify species from genetic material left behind in the environment, she saw an opportunity to apply the same idea to public health. The eighth-grader from Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale designed a simple air sampler using small fans and … Read more

In 1985, she started a paper business with with 3,800 US dollars; 21 years later, she became China’s richest person: How Zhang Yin turned America’s waste paper into a paper empire

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In 1985, she started a paper business with with 3,800 US dollars; 21 years later, she became China’s richest person: How Zhang Yin turned America’s waste paper into a paper empire

Zhang’s husband Liu Ming Chung, the CEO of Nine Dragons, is also a billionaire. In 1985, business tycoon Zhang Yin started a paper-trading business in Hong Kong with about 30,000 yuan, or 3,800 US dollars. More than two decades later, she would be named China’s richest person, with an estimated fortune of $3.4 billion on … Read more

US-Canada trade war impact: Why toilet paper prices could rise for Americans amid President Trump’s tariffs

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US-Canada trade war could drive up the cost of toilet paper and other everyday household paper products. (Getty Images via AFP)

Americans could pay more for toilet paper and other household paper products as the escalating US-Canada trade war puts fresh pressure on an industry that depends heavily on cross-border supplies of raw materials. US-Canada trade war could drive up the cost of toilet paper and other everyday household paper products. (Getty Images via AFP) The … Read more