How sand fly mating habits are helping tackle tropical disease in £2.5 million project
Credit: World Health Organisation The tropical disease Leishmaniasis is being tackled by catching female sand flies who carry the parasite ...
Tag: Environmental Health
Hundreds of environmental health professionals in US report challenges, research needs
With more than a quarter of the professionals expected to retire in five years, a national effort is needed for ...
EPA toxicologist and cell biology engineer win PETA Intl. Science Group Award
The PETA International Science Consortium will send Dr. Baylor Steele and Dr. Aline Chary to an Institute for In Vitro ...
NIH taps Tulane neuroscientist to lead effort to standardize research in genetic aging
NIH Telomere Research Network will establish best practices for measuring telomere length and how it can be used as a ...
Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk
Credit: NIEHS Scientists at the National Institutes of Health found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair ...
Global levels of biodiversity could be lower than we think, new study warns
Credit: Martin Jung, University of Sussex Biodiversity across the globe could be in a worse state than previously thought as ...
Coastal fog linked to high levels of mercury found in mountain lions, study finds
Bioaccumulation contributes to levels that approach toxic thresholds in pumasCredit: Sebastian Kennerknecht Marine fog brings more than cooler temperatures to ...
$1M grant goes to asthma prevention research
UMass Lowell prof leads effort to aid low-income seniorsCredit: Photo credit: Adrien Bisson for UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - A ...
NJIT’s Chrystoff Camacho wins an Edison patent award for an aerial reforestation device
Credit: Photo provided by The Research & Development Council of New Jersey. Chrystoff Camacho, an inventor and budding entrepreneur who ...
Emissions from electricity generation lead to premature deaths for some racial groups
Credit: Rebecca Gourley/ University of Washington Air pollution doesn't just come from cars on the road, generating electricity from fossil ...
Explosion in Tianjin Port enhanced atmospheric nitrogen deposition over the Bohai Sea
Credit: Zheng Zong Total production and the scale of industrial enterprises in China have expanded greatly since late 1970s. As ...
The effects of a mock shelter environment on sleep
Are evacuation shelters too cold in winter?Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. In the Building Environment ...
Engineers help with water under the bridge and other tough environmental decisions
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech In two new papers, civil engineers explore how to make decisions using quantifiable social, economic and ...
Dartmouth engineers partner with arctic residents to bolster resilience and sustainability
$2.6 million NSF grant to fund four-year projectCredit: Hunter Snyder Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth has been awarded a ...
Gold mining critically impairs water quality in rivers across Peruvian biodiversity hotspot
Study examines increased sediment levels in rivers as a result of miningCredit: Images are from NASA LandSat. Figure compiled by ...
SDHI pesticides are toxic for human cells
A and D: control human cells (fibroblasts) cultured for ten days in the presence (A) or absence (D) of glucose, ...
Go with the flow: Scientists design new grid batteries for renewable energy
New blueprint for affordable, sustainable 'flow batteries' developed at Berkeley Lab could accelerate an electrical grid powered by the sun ...
Hospital disinfectants struggling to kill C. diff bacteria colonies
Clorox comes close, but none completely eliminates superbugCredit: University of Houston The deadly and notoriously stubborn superbug, Clostridioides difficile (C. ...
Prenatal exposure to pollution linked to brain changes related to behavioral problems
Even within the limits established by the European Union, particulate matter is associated with a decrease in the volume of ...
Training in mental ill-health a determinant of managers’ preventive actions
Credit: Photo by Cecilia Hedstrom Managers who have received training in mental health issues, and whose workplaces run general information ...
