Urban slums are uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19. Here’s how to help.
Report provides eight urgent recommendations for reducing the impact of COVID-19 on people living in povertyCredit: Photo by Jason Corburn ...
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Stirling receives £1.2 million to study global sustainability
Credit: University of Stirling A new £1.2 million project - led by the University of Stirling - is aiming to ...
Soot may only be half the problem when it comes to cookstoves
Researchers find organic carbons are also absorbing light -- and likely harming people's healthCredit: Washington University in St. Louis A ...
Social media can forecast economic impact of disasters including COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: University of Bristol Social media should be used to chart the economic impact and recovery of businesses in countries ...
Using sponges to wipe out cancer
The natural product manzamine A, derived from Indo-Pacific marine sponges, exhibits anti-cancer properties in a preclinical study, report researchers at ...
World academies call for global solidarity on COVID-19 pandemic
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) urges countries to collaborate, use and share science-based information, and help the developing worldCredit: Illustration of ...
Long-term analysis shows GM cotton no match for insects in India
Study: Changes in insecticides, fertilization drove productivity gains -- not Bt cotton adoptionCredit: Glenn Davis Stone/Washington University Genetically modified (GM) ...
Something in the water
Brazilian study correlates consumption of contaminated water with the severity of malformations caused by the Zika virusCredit: D'Or Institute for ...
Rural Hondurans embrace cancer screening opportunities
An internationally collaborative group of Dartmouth and Honduran researchers and oncologists found a high level of compliance with referral to ...
Balancing bushmeat trade and conservation vital to ensure livelihoods not threatened
Local communities in the Congo rainforest have been working with researchers from the University of York in a bid to ...
IVI and DTU to strengthen external quality assurance in the face of rising AMR in Asia
The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and Technical University of Denmark (DTU) received a Fleming Fund Regional Grant to increase the ...
Instrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water
Whisk-shaped device absorbs trace contaminants, preserves them in dry state that can be shipped to labs for analysisCredit: Image: Melanie ...
Traditional biomass stoves shown to cause lung inflammation
Credit: ATS Feb. 21, 2020- Traditional stoves that burn biomass materials and are not properly ventilated, which are widely used ...
Risk of coronavirus importation in Africa
Credit: Vittoria Colizza and colleagues The COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread in China and cases have been reported in more ...
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