A warming planet has repercussions for human health
A hotter world is likely to be a sicker world.
A hotter world is likely to be a sicker world.
Environment
May 23, 2024
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A new laboratory study suggests that human body lice are more efficient at transmitting Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, than previously thought, supporting the possibility that they may have contributed ...
Ecology
May 21, 2024
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The sky over Minnesota was the subject of fascination and frustration over the weekend. Awe over solar-storm triggered northern lights turned to "Aw, not again!" over an air quality alert sparked by smoke drifting from wildfires ...
Environment
May 15, 2024
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A new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa shows that chlorine mixed with petroleum in water can potentially produce inadvertent byproducts harmful to human health. The research is published in the journal Chemosphere.
Environment
May 14, 2024
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A collaboration has led to the identification, in a bacterium of the intestine, of new CRISPR-Cas9 molecules that could have a clinical potential to treat genetic diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa, through sub-retinal ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 7, 2024
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Cells are the fundamental units of life, forming the variety of all living things on Earth as individual cells and multicellular organisms. To better understand how cells perform the essential functions of life, scientists ...
Biotechnology
May 3, 2024
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As the world faces the loss of a staggering number of species of animals and plants to endangerment and extinction, one University of Michigan scientist has an urgent message: Chemists and pharmacists should be key players ...
Ecology
Apr 30, 2024
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Researchers hope their discovery about the healing properties of fetal cartilage cells in mice will lay the groundwork for new treatments for human growth disorders and degenerative diseases.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 29, 2024
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Researchers have used advanced sequencing technology to determine how the mix of microbes present in patients with healthy eyes differs from the mix found in patients with dry eye. The new work could lead to improved treatments ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 26, 2024
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University of Queensland researchers say mRNA vaccine technology could play an important role in boosting livestock production to meet global food demands.
Veterinary medicine
Mar 22, 2024
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