Maybe it's time to break up with plastic
Despite its functionality, plastic could be posing a threat not only to the environment but to human health.
Environment
Jun 28, 2022
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News tagged with heart
A novel Raman chemical sensor made from noodlelike threads of gold
Researchers created a special ultrathin sensor, spun from gold, that can be attached directly to the skin without irritation or discomfort. The sensor can measure different biomarkers or substances to perform on-body chemical ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 24, 2022
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Micro-device could pick up early signs of heart attack or stroke
In Australia each year, approximately 55,000 people suffer a heart attack, with a similar number suffering from stroke. Many are caused by blood clots that block the flow of blood to the heart, often in at-risk individuals ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 21, 2022
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Researchers observe vital cellular machinery behind the body's incorporation of selenium
A Rutgers scientist is part of an international team that has determined the process for incorporating selenium—an essential trace mineral found in soil, water and some foods that increases antioxidant effects in the body—includes ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 17, 2022
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Polluted air cuts global life expectancy by two years
Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday.
Environment
Jun 14, 2022
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Leading journal Nature will make sex and gender reporting mandatory in research
Like in many aspects of life, there remains an undercurrent of sex bias against women in the STEM fields. And this bias has a negative impact on not only women, but men too—and those who don't fit within a binary category.
Social Sciences
May 27, 2022
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Report: Dramatic rise in pesticides in EU fruits, vegetables
The contamination of fruits and vegetables produced in the European Union by the most toxic pesticides has substantially increased over the past decade, according to new research published Tuesday.
Ecology
May 24, 2022
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Cutting air pollution emissions would save 50,000 US lives, $600 billion each year
Eliminating air pollution emissions from energy-related activities in the United States would prevent more than 50,000 premature deaths each year and provide more than $600 billion in benefits each year from avoided illness ...
Environment
May 16, 2022
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Heart progenitors spontaneously regenerate cardiac muscle via a tight junction 'honeycomb' in salamanders
Whether there are endogenous adult heart progenitors that can replenish damaged muscle cells remained controversial. Now researchers at Karolinska Institute in Sweden show that the outermost layer of the heart, called epicardium, ...
Plants & Animals
May 16, 2022
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Showing you're stressed may make you more likeable
Humans behave in strange ways. We readily reveal our inner feelings during moments of weakness, which doesn't seem like the smart thing to do.
Social Sciences
May 16, 2022
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