Living in space weakens astronauts' immune systems, researchers have discovered. The findings are providing clues on how to tackle diseases on Earth before symptoms appear.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Feb 05, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0

Concern is growing about finding alternatives to fossil fuels, but the negative impact of one of these—biofuels—may be greater than we first thought, say scientists.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 05, 2013 4.2 / 5 (9) 0 |

(AP)—All but about 50 of hundreds of research chimpanzees belonging to the National Institutes of Health should be retired to the national sanctuary in northwest Louisiana, and all of them should have plenty of room to ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 23, 2013 not rated yet 0

"Arrests of and Forced Interventions on Pregnant Women in the United States, 1973-2005: Implications for Women's Legal Status and Public Health," an article by Lynn M. Paltrow and Jeanne Flavin in the Journal of ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jan 17, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 2

Evidence is increasing from multiple scientific fields that exposure to the natural environment can improve human health. In a new study by the U.S. Forest Service, the presence of trees was associated with human health.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 16, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

A factory fire in eastern China went unnoticed for three hours because of the thick smog that blanketed large stretches of the country this week, state media said Tuesday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

Communities in developing countries are facing increased health and environmental risks linked to mercury exposure, the United Nations Environment Programme said Thursday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 10, 2013 not rated yet 0

The toxic chemical made infamous by campaigning single mother Erin Brockovich has been found at up to 15,800 times safety limits in groundwater at a Japanese iron plant, the factory's operator said Thursday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 20, 2012 4 / 5 (6) 1

A University of Oklahoma-led study has demonstrated that ancient DNA can be used to understand ancient human microbiomes. The microbiomes from ancient people have broad reaching implications for understanding recent changes ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Scientists have discovered new evidence about the evolution of viruses, in work that will change our understanding about the control of infectious diseases such as winter flu.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 13, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Long ago, when life on our planet was in its infancy, a group of small single-celled algae floating in the vast prehistoric ocean swam freely by beating whip-like tails, called flagella. It's a relatively unremarkable tale, ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Dec 11, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Sometimes orange, sometimes white, dog trainers often use plastic fetching batons called bumpers to teach dogs how to retrieve. But researchers at Texas Tech University have discovered that the dogs also may ...

Chemistry - Other

Dec 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

The small kerosene lamps that light millions of homes in developing countries have a dark side: black carbon – fine particles of soot released into the atmosphere.

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 10, 2012 2 / 5 (1) 1

Researchers from North Carolina State University, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and a host of other institutions have developed a safety testing system to help chemists design inherently safer chemicals ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Dec 06, 2012 not rated yet 0

In new research published in a special issue of the journal Environmental Research and in "Sources to Seafood: Mercury Pollution in the Marine Environment"— a companion report by the Dartmouth-led Coasta ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 03, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |