Tag: Environmental Health

With a $15.3 million National Institutes of Health grant, a University of Arizona Health Sciences-led research team takes a three-pronged ...

Designing selective membranes for batteries using a drug discovery toolbox

By binding specific ions in specially designed cages within its pores, a new membrane could enable more efficient flows in ...

South Korea data helps create framework to identify COVID-19 vulnerable areas worldwide

Credit: TTUHSC Though the U.S. and South Korea recorded their first official COVID-19 case on the same day, January 20, ...

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted peoples’ interactions with nature?

Credit: Dr. Soga The COVID-19 pandemic and the global response to it have changed many of the interactions that humans ...

How preprints accelerated science communication during the pandemic

Credit: Image by cromaconceptovisual from Pixabay During the early phase of the pandemic, approximately 40% of the COVID-19 literature was ...

New USGS report shows high levels of arsenic and uranium in some wells

Connecticut public health officials urge private well owners to test water qualityCredit: Tiziana Shea, Connecticut Department of Public Health A ...

First air quality profile of two sub-Saharan African cities finds troubling news

Pollution up to 5 times over international guidelinesCredit: Courtesy Dan Westervelt Ambient air pollution is a global public health crisis, ...

COVID-19 pandemic highlights the urgent global need to control air pollution

Credit: ATS April 06, 2020-- A new commentary published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides an ...

A diversity of wildlife is good for our health

To prevent future pandemics, we must restore and protect natureCredit: Ali Rajabali / Flickr A growing body of evidence suggests ...

Ranking virus spillover risk

New web app ranks spillover risk for newly detected virusesCredit: Terra Kelly, UC Davis SARS-CoV-2 showed the world with devastating ...

UCF study shows masks, ventilation stop COVID spread better than social distancing

The results indicate masks and proper ventilation may be key to allowing more capacity in schools, businesses and other indoor ...

Humans were apex predators for two million years

What did our ancestors eat during the stone age? Mostly meatCredit: Dr. Miki Ben Dor Researchers at Tel Aviv University ...

Covid-19 mask study finds layering, material choice matter

April 2, 2021

Credit: Taekyu Joo, Georgia Tech Wearing a face mask can protect yourself and others from Covid-19, but the type of ...

Announcing the launch of Global Africa, a new African academic journal