Half of the world's population exposed to increasing air pollution, study shows
Half of the world's population is exposed to increasing air pollution, new research has shown.
Environment
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Study shows potentially harmful arsenic levels at popular former mining works
Arsenic levels at a former mining site in the Tamar Valley are posing a health risk to employees and the public using the site, a new study suggests.
Environment
May 19, 2020
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Will our clean air last after COVID-19? Study says it's possible
Since millions of Californians began staying at home and off the roads in March, air quality in the Golden State has visibly improved. Once life returns to normal, however, air pollution levels are likely to return to their ...
Environment
May 5, 2020
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A secret in saliva: Food and germs helped humans evolve into unique member of great apes
Two million years of eating meat and cooked food may have helped humans shift further from other great apes on the evolutionary tree. The evidence is in our saliva, according to new research from the University at Buffalo.
Evolution
Oct 16, 2019
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Healthcare industry is a major source of harmful emissions
Climate change presents an unprecedented public health emergency and the global healthcare sector is contributing to the worldwide crisis, argues Jodi Sherman, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology at the Yale School ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2019
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Nature plants review explores the current state and future of CRISPR technology in crops
CRISPR is often thought of as "molecular scissors" used for precision breeding to cut DNA so that a certain trait can be removed, replaced, or edited, but Yiping Qi, assistant professor in Plant Science & Landscape Architecture ...
Biotechnology
Jul 15, 2019
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Severe air pollution can cause birth defects, deaths
In a comprehensive study, researchers from Texas A&M University have determined that harmful particulate matter in the atmosphere can produce birth defects and even fatalities during pregnancy using the animal model.
Environment
May 29, 2019
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Physicists pinpoint a simple mechanism that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics
Physicists at McMaster University have for the first time identified a simple mechanism used by potentially deadly bacteria to fend off antibiotics, a discovery which is providing new insights into how germs adapt and behave ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 18, 2019
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New nanotherapy offers hope in treating drug-resistant renal cell carcinoma
A research team led by Arun Iyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Wayne State University, has developed a nanoplatform technology that ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 21, 2018
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Robotic 'exoskeleton' prevents elderly falls: study
Scientists unveiled a lightweight, robotic, outer "skeleton" Thursday that can detect when someone loses their balance, correct their gait, and prevent their fall.
Engineering
May 11, 2017
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