Radon exposure significantly affected by behaviour and socio-economic factors, study finds
A new multi-disciplinary study including researchers at the University of Calgary shows that people who act quickly to test for ...
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Study: High exposure to glyphosate in pregnancy could cause lower birth weights in babies
INDIANAPOLIS—Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are learning more about the effects of herbicide exposure during pregnancy, finding glyphosate in ...
Extreme heat exposure increases emergency room visits related to kidney disease
Researchers linked meteorological history in New York State with data from over 1.1 million emergency room visits during 2005-2013 and ...
Study links prenatal phthalate exposure to reduced childhood lung function
A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the ”la Caixa” Foundation, has ...
Collective effort needed to help children thrive following exposure to online risks
Helping children become more ‘digitally resilient’ needs to be a collective effort if they are to learn how to “thrive ...
Exposure to accents helps children learn words
If elementary school children are accustomed to many regional and foreign accents because they hear them frequently in their linguistic ...
Hackmanite changes color also upon exposure to nuclear radiation – memory trace from radiation enables new applications
Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have long studied the color-changing properties of the natural mineral hackmanite upon exposure ...
Study findings suggest association between exposure to air pollution — particularly in the first 5 years of life — and alterations in brain structure
A study published in the journal Environmental Pollution has found an association, in children aged 9‑12, between exposure to air pollutants in the womb ...
Facemask can detect viral exposure from a 10-minute conversation with an infected person
Scientists have created a face mask that can detect common respiratory viruses, including influenza and the coronavirus, in the air ...
Study: Communities of color at greatest risk of pesticide exposure in Ventura County, Calif.
SAN FRANCISCO – In California’s Ventura County, increased agricultural pesticide use and related toxicity risks for humans occur the most ...
Residential exposure to petroleum refining could be related to strokes in the southern United States
A new study has revealed that exposure to pollutants from petroleum refineries has a strong link to stroke rates across ...
Lensless camera creates 3D images from single exposure
WASHINGTON—Researchers have developed a camera that uses a thin microlens array and new image processing algorithms to capture 3D information ...
Elevated cholesterol found in GenX Exposure Study participants
In a new paper detailing findings from North Carolina State University’s GenX Exposure Study, researchers found that elevated levels of ...
Pollution exposure in infancy alters gut microorganisms, may boost disease risk
Exposure to air pollution in the first six months of life impacts a child’s inner world of gut bacteria, or ...
Exposure to past temperature variability may help forests cope with climate change
(Millbrook, NY) Understanding how forests are responding to climate change is critical to planning effective forest management and climate policy. ...
New study demonstrates clinical and financial impact of patient exposure to ill healthcare worker in long-term care facility
Arlington, Va., August 25, 2022 – A study conducted by researchers in Japan shows that the presence of one ill ...
FIU researchers discover how DDT exposure contributes to Alzheimer’s disease risk
MIAMI (Aug. 17, 2022) - A new study led by researchers from Florida International University (FIU) reveals a mechanism linking ...
Early childhood lead exposure, exacerbated by structural racism, results in lower reading scores
A new analysis quantitatively links an issue of environmental justice — childhood lead exposure — with structural racism in the ...
Researchers “color code” webbing material for exposure to damaging UV rays
BROOKLYN, New York, Tuesday, August 16, 2022 —Webbing structures — from chin straps and parachute material, to space habitats — are ...
Low school test scores linked to racial segregation and lead exposure in NC
DURHAM, N.C. -- Black children who have been exposed to the metal lead have lower test scores than their peers, ...
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Healthy men who have vaginal sex have a distinct urethral microbiome
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BetaLife and A*STAR Collaborate to develop next generation cell-based therapy for diabetes treatment
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Genetic causes of three previously unexplained rare diseases identified
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Promoting healthy longevity should start young: pregnancy complications lift women’s risk of mortality in the next 50 years
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Robot caterpillar demonstrates new approach to locomotion for soft robotics
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In the controversial field of sex selection during assisted reproduction, a new technique appears safe and around 80% effective in producing offspring of the desired sex, per a small clinical trial