Researchers with the Smithsonian's Global Health Program have discovered six new coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar—the first time these viruses have been detected anywhere in the world. Future studies will evaluate the potential ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2020
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Coal combustion is not only the single most important source of CO2, accounting for more than a third of global emissions, but also a major contributor to detrimental effects on public health and biodiversity. Yet, globally ...
Environment
Mar 23, 2020
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A collaborative team of researchers at Utah State University and the University of Central Florida developed a tool to track cellular events that may lead to obesity-related conditions in people.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 24, 2020
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UF researchers have resolved a two-decade old mystery centered upon how the bacteria chlamydia divide and reproduce. Newly published results from the lab of Anthony Maurelli, a microbiologist in UF's College of Public Health ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 19, 2020
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High, harmful concentrations of arsenic are found in aquifers all over the world, but the groundwater of the Bengal Basin, in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent, contains the most severe arsenic contamination. ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 27, 2019
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Spending time outdoors is long understood to offer mental health perks, including reduced stress, improved sleep and enhanced cognition.
Environment
Nov 12, 2019
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More than one quarter of London's parks, playground, and open spaces exceed international safety limits for air quality.
Environment
Oct 10, 2019
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A team of researchers from Kyoto University, Primate Cognition Research Group and Conservation through Public Health, has found that wild mountain gorillas living in Uganda play very much like humans when having fun in the ...
Whole genome sequencing technology may give epidemiologists and healthcare workers a powerful weapon in tracking and, possibly, controlling outbreaks of serious diseases, according to a team of researchers.
Biotechnology
Aug 7, 2019
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An increase in global warming from 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above late 19th-century levels would cause tens of thousands of extra deaths in China's cities every year, researchers reported Tuesday.
Environment
Aug 6, 2019
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