New PM2.5 index captures both how high and how often air pollution strikes
A newly introduced PM2.5 Magnitude–Rank Index condenses a year of daily air quality data into one threshold-free number, capturing both ...
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Short-Term Exposure to Multiple Air Pollutants Tied to Ischemic Stroke Hospital Admissions in Lanzhou
In the heavily polluted river valley city of Lanzhou in northwestern China, even a few days of elevated air pollution ...
New Decision Matrix Reveals Wood Smoke, Not Just Traffic, Drives Urban Air Pollution
A new semi-quantitative decision matrix developed in Argentina shows that biomass burning, not vehicle traffic, is the leading source of ...
Wildfire Smoke Proves More Toxic Than Other Air Pollution in Landmark Hospitalization Study
A study of nearly 90 million hospitalizations across 20 US states finds that wildfire-specific PM2.5 carries a higher per-unit risk ...
Air Pollution’s Effect on Pneumococcal Disease Depends on the Bacterial Lineage Circulating
A landmark study of 59,017 South African cases reveals that the danger posed by air pollution shifts depending on which ...
Heatwaves and Wildfire Smoke Now Overlap for More Than Half the World’s Population
A new Science Advances analysis finds that 55.9% of the global population faced rising co-exposure to heatwaves and landscape fire ...
Bonfire Night for Holi Doubles Fine Particle Pollution in Lucknow’s Air
A new study in Lucknow, India, found that Holika Dahan bonfires doubled PM2.5 levels on the night before Holi and ...
Satellites Reveal Air Pollution Rising Again Across the Indian Himalaya
A satellite and machine learning study tracking the Indian Himalayan Region from the 2020 lockdown to 2024 finds air quality ...
China’s E-Commerce Pilot Zones Are Quietly Cleaning Up the Air, Study Finds
A new quasi-experimental study finds that China's cross-border e-commerce pilot zones significantly reduce PM2.5 pollution in host cities and generate ...
Air Pollution Emerges as a Key Marker of Slowing Global Tuberculosis Decline
A 204-country longitudinal analysis finds that rising fine particulate air pollution tracks national tuberculosis trajectories as closely as treatment-program performance, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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