Improving air quality reduces dementia risk, multiple studies suggest
Credit: Alzheimer's Association DENVER, JULY 26, 2021 -- Improving air quality may improve cognitive function and reduce dementia risk, according ...
Tag: Environmental Health
UMass Amherst grad student awarded fellowship for food allergy research
USDA program focuses on developing next generation of food scientistsCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst food science Ph.D. candidate ...
Land repair vital for survival
Successful dryland restoration to benefit 2bn peopleCredit: Flinders University Restoration of degraded drylands is urgently needed to mitigate climate change, ...
New study confirms relationship between toxic pollution, climate risks to human health
Credit: University of Notre Dame For more than 30 years, scientists on the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have ...
COVID-19 shutdowns reveal racial disparities in exposure to air pollution
Disenfranchised, minority neighborhoods still exposed to disproportionately high levels of health harming nitrogen dioxideCredit: GW WASHINGTON (July 20, 2021)--A new ...
Firefighters found to have persistent lung damage from Fort McMurray wildfire
Risk of developing asthma is more than doubled, says University of Alberta occupational health researcher who used the same parameters ...
Chemistry discovery could remove micropollutants from environment
Credit: Cornell University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Army-funded research identified a new chemistry approach that could remove micropollutants from ...
USF awarded four-year, $69.9 million NIH grant to continue type 1 diabetes research
The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young study is led by USF Health's Jeffrey Krischer, who has built a ...
Project Air View maps ultrafine particles, soot and other substances in Amsterdam air
Credit: Google Maps & Utrecht University Over the past two years, the municipality of Amsterdam, Utrecht University and Google have ...
New project aims to help early detection of cancer by identifying high risk areas
Credit: Health Innovation Campus The Health Innovation Campus at Lancaster University has brought together a taskforce of experts for a ...
More than half of university students surveyed have tried a meat alternative
Top reasons for trying meat alternatives were liking to try new foods, hearing a lot about alternatives, and being curious, ...
Wolbachia and the paradox of growth regulation
A genetic approach offers new clues to the regulation of Wolbachia proliferation and the effect of over-proliferation on the insect ...
Air pollution during pregnancy may affect growth of newborn babies
A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country analyses the relationship between atmospheric pollution during pregnancy and the level ...
Cross-generational consequences of lead poisoning
Credit: Hokuto Nakata Japanese and Zambian scientists have shown that environmental lead poisoning in children affects not only their own ...
Artificial intelligence breakthrough gives longer advance warning of ozone issues
University of Houston research team finds 'holy grail' of air quality forecastingCredit: University of Houston Ozone levels in the earth's ...
Study: Environmental risks exacerbated for vulnerable populations in small towns
Credit: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa -- A new study of small Iowa towns found that vulnerable populations within those ...
Viruses as communication molecules
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Anastasia Serin How long do virus-laden particles persist in an elevator after a person infected with ...
Junk food relief in lockdown
Sneaky snacks creep in during COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Sheffield University / Flinders University Beware of those snack attacks. A new study ...
VIMS study uncovers new cause for intensification of oyster disease
Rise in disease virulence due to evolving parasite, not just droughtCredit: © R. Carnegie/VIMS. A new paper in Scientific Reports ...
Separating natural and man-made pollutants in the air
What COVID-19's lockdown to prevent infection taught usCredit: Misra P. et al., 2021, Scientific Reports, Springer Nature doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87673-2 COVID-19 has ...