A team of University of Illinois researchers estimated the mortality costs associated with air pollution in the U.S. by developing and applying a novel machine learning-based method to estimate the life-years lost and cost ...
Economics & Business
Jan 21, 2020
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In the U.S., our Constitution mandates that a census takes place every 10 years. Other countries tend to have similar standards. Yet some parts of the world have not conducted a national census in decades. Somalia hasn't ...
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2019
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About a quarter of children in the United States are born two to three weeks before their due date, which qualifies them as "early term." Pregnancies typically last 40 weeks, so you might think that being born two to three ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2019
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Air pollution—even at levels below national and international air quality guidelines—is associated with an increased risk of deaths in Canada, according to new UBC research.
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
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According to the National Indoor Air Survey by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, people believe that the health risks related to indoor air are greater and more serious than they actually are according to research ...
Environment
Oct 30, 2019
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A team of scientists from research centers stretching from Maine to South Carolina will develop and deploy high-tech tools to explore cyanobacteria in lakes across the East Coast.
Environment
Oct 18, 2019
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a way to isolate and grow targeted bacteria using genomic data, making strides toward resolving the grand challenge of uncultivated ...
Biotechnology
Sep 30, 2019
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Heavily polluted water is reducing economic growth by up to a third in some countries, a World Bank report said Tuesday, calling for action to address human and environmental harm.
Environment
Aug 20, 2019
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On any given day, a news story might list a city in India as "most polluted." In another story, a city in China may have held the distinction. Then again, maybe Iran hosts the most polluted city in the world, as a recent ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2019
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Your body is a wonderland. A wonderland teeming with trillions of bacteria, that is. But it's not as horrifying as it might sound. In fact, there's mounting evidence that many aspects of our health are closely intertwined ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 8, 2019
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