2022-04-08 Background: In Japan, six workers handling cross-linked water-soluble acrylic acid polymer (CWAAP) at a chemical plant suffered from lung diseases, including fibrosis, interstitial pneumonia,…
2022-04-07 While the epidemiologic literature suggests certain maternal occupational exposures may be associated with reduced measures of size at birth, the occupational literature employing fetal…
2022-04-04 Despite the restrictions on polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDDs), these chemicals are still ubiquitous environmental pollutants. In this study, we measured the…
2022-03-29 The associations of mold exposure, IgE-mediated sensitization, inflammatory markers, and respiratory symptoms were analyzed in 46 exposed and 23 non-exposed individuals. Both exposure and…
“Science is generating more and more reasons to accept animals’ emotions, without finding any new reasons to deny them.”
In new research, we have spotted a hot, Jupiter-like gas giant in the process of forming around a star about 500 light-years from Earth.
“If people have a known exposure and they’re asymptomatic or they don’t test positive, is: what’s special about their immune system?”
The key characters in this love story? A bee (euglossa heterosticta), a coffee plant, and a bird (rufous capped warbler).
According to the U.K. Met Office, lightning strikes the planet up to 1.4 billion times a year, or an estimated 44 times every second.
One review of 21 studies found 13-33% of people were fatigued 16-20 weeks after their symptoms started. This is a worryingly widespread problem.
A major stumbling block is how the world should share billions of bits of genetic data stored on computers around the world.
Maintaining tight control on sodium levels is necessary because sodium affects the membranes of all the individual cells in your body.
Pups might process voices like we do, study says.
Learning a new skill – like singing – is a great way to help with healthy ageing.
What if solar panels did double duty, protecting water supplies while producing more power?
[This diversity] includes protists, archaea, fungi, viruses and vast numbers of bacteria living in symbiotic ecosystems.
Over half of the human genome contains repetitive DNA sequences whose functions are still not fully understood.
The discovery that short peptides can form spontaneously on cosmic dust hints at more of a role for them in the origin of life, on Earth or elsewhere.
A compound in the venom called melittin could destroy breast cancer cells within an hour.
Testing found the highest level of multiple pesticides — 103 — on samples of the heart-healthy trio of kale, collards and mustard greens, followed by 101 different pesticides on hot and bell peppers.