Even a limited India-Pakistan nuclear war would bring global famine, says study
Soot from firestorms would reduce crop production for yearsCredit: Adapted from Jägermeyr et al., 2020 The concept of nuclear winter--a ...
Tag: Environmental Health
Are women using e-cigarettes during preconception and/or pregnancy?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--A new study of 1,365 racially/ethnically diverse, low-income pregnant ...
Shining a light on international energy inequality
Credit: Unequal Scenes, @johnny_miller_photography CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN A new study examines energy inequality for income classes across 86 countries, ...
New nano strategy fights superbugs
Rice University material 'traps and zaps' floating DNA that makes bacteria resistantCredit: Illustration by Danning Zhang/Rice University HOUSTON - (March ...
Heat stress may affect more than 1.2 billion people annually by 2100
Rising global temperatures are increasing exposure to extreme heat and humidityCredit: NASA Earth Observatory Heat stress from extreme heat and ...
The impact of energy development on bird populations
Credit: Photos taken by Thomas Maechtle -co author The greater sage-grouse is an iconic bird that lives in the western ...
Many lyme disease cases go unreported; A new model could help change that
Researchers have drawn on 17 years of data to develop a model that identifies areas in which the tick-borne illness ...
Even fake illness affects relationships among vampire bats
Credit: Josh More As Italy urges tourists not to cancel their plans in the face of the coronavirus outbreak and ...
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 ...
‘Grand Challenge’ review stresses global impact of microplastics
Credit: Chris Pallister/GoAK.org. Professor Rob Hale of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science is lead author of a ...
USask computer-based simulator tests insects for effects of new pesticide
Credit: David Stobbe for University of Saskatchewan SASKATOON--University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have used a novel combination of techniques to ...
When coronavirus is not alone
Team of complexity scientists present 'meme' model for multiple diseasesCredit: Joshua Brown/UVM Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia follow ...
Columbia University researchers awarded $2M to identify antiviral drugs for coronavirus
Credit: Columbia Unversity Irving Medical Center Four research teams at Columbia University will share a $2.1 million grant to mount ...
The University of Tennessee System announces One Health Initiative
Effort to focus on animal, environmental issues with implications for human healthCredit: Tory Salvador, UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The University ...
E-cigarette users are exposed to potentially harmful levels of metal linked to DNA damage
Zinc excess in the body correlates with oxidative stressCredit: Talbot lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Researchers at the University ...
Cooling unit saves half-million gallons of water at supercomputing center
Eventual savings expected to reach 16 million gallons annuallyCredit: Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A cooling unit ...
New test identifies poisonous mushrooms
Credit: Candace Bever, ARS-USDA ALBANY, CALIFORNIA, February 19, 2020--A simple, portable test that can detect the deadliest of the mushroom ...
Prenatal phthalate exposure associated with autistic traits in young boys
UMass Amherst study found folic acid supplementation in early pregnancy protected against chemicals' effectsCredit: UMass Amherst Exposure in the womb ...
Think all BPA-free products are safe? Not so fast, scientists warn
MU scientists find BPA alternative, bisphenol S, could negatively affect both a mother's placenta and potentially a developing baby's brainCredit: ...
Off-grid sanitation systems show promise, despite toilet paper
Systems approaching viability in field tests of Duke-led Gates Foundation 'reinvent the toilet' projectCredit: Brian Hawkins, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. ...
