High air pollution and living far away from blue or green spaces negatively influence health-related quality of life for people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a recent study from researchers ...
Environment
Nov 5, 2021
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Every summer, wildfires rage across the western U.S., and wildland firefighters are tasked with putting them out. But in the process, they inhale smoke and all the compounds in it, which can be harmful at high amounts. Now, ...
Environment
Sep 8, 2021
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Environment ministers from about 100 countries gather in Nairobi next week to issue a clarion call against air, land and water pollution blamed for some nine million deaths in 2015.
Environment
Dec 1, 2017
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A common sulfur metabolite having antioxidant activity appears to be formed with the help of an enzyme found in mitochondria, highlighting a potential area of research for future treatments of various diseases.
Biotechnology
Oct 30, 2017
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In 2008, Jay Lemery, MD, an emergency physician in Colorado, read a commentary about the effects of global climate change on human health. The author was Paul Auerbach, MD, professor of emergency medicine at Stanford and ...
Environment
Sep 21, 2017
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A robotic doctor that can be controlled hundreds of kilometres away by a human counterpart is gearing up for action.
Robotics
Jun 27, 2017
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Researchers at Université Laval's Faculty of Science and Engineering and its Center for Optics, Photonics, and Lasers have created a smart T-shirt that monitors the wearer's respiratory rate in real time. This innovation, ...
Engineering
May 18, 2017
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Successful trials of Chariot, a unique new system that simultaneously records temperature, humidity and energy use in the home, have opened the way for low-income households to save money while reducing risks to their health.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 2, 2016
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Flagellar motility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the main factor required to induce the release of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), according to a study published November 17, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 17, 2016
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Southern California sunshine means sparkling beach weather, but this summer it's contributing to a return of a traditional nemesis: smog.
Environment
Aug 12, 2016
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