Toxic "forever chemicals" are increasingly being used in US pesticides, threatening human health as they contaminate waterways and are sprayed on staple foods, a study said Wednesday.
Environment
Jul 24, 2024
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A handful of environmental groups filed a petition July 18 asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to claw back oversight of the disposal of Georgia's toxic coal ash from state regulators, citing concerns over ...
Environment
Jul 19, 2024
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It's not uncommon today to see children glued to their screens. In fact, 80% of parents with children 11 or younger say their kids watch YouTube videos, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center poll. Half of these parents ...
Education
Jul 17, 2024
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Foreign direct investments (FDI) in tropical countries in extractive industries like mining, logging and fossil fuels have a long, environmentally destructive track record in tropical countries. Are FDI in food systems another ...
Environment
Jul 16, 2024
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An unexpected find has enabled important progress to be made in the battle against harmful bacteria. An international team of researchers, led by Professor Peter Fineran from the University of Otago, investigated a particular ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 10, 2024
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The path to a cure for cancer is not unique, as the disease is an extremely complex process. Multiple factors are involved in the process of effectively eliminating a tumor and therefore, being able to have different strategies ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 3, 2024
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Researchers at Arizona State University have made a significant advance in understanding how genes are controlled in living organisms. The new study, published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research, focuses on critical snippets ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 2, 2024
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The California state Department of Water Resources has started using laser and sonar technology to measure reservoir capacity, determining that Lake Oroville, the State Water Project's largest reservoir, has shrunk since ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 1, 2024
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Researchers led by Kannosuke Yabe, Asuka Kamio, and Soichi Inagaki of the University of Tokyo have discovered that in thale cresses histone H3 lysine-9 (H3K9) methylation, conventionally thought to be a mark of turning off ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 26, 2024
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One of the things I often hear as an emotions researcher is that emotions should not "cloud" people's decisions, that they get in the way, or that they are irrational.
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2024
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