A search of millions of tobacco industry documents confirms menthol is designed to attract new young smokers, who incorrectly believe it makes cigarettes somehow less harmful.
Flinders University experts have expanded testing of a sustainable extraction material capable of absorbing almost all mercury in polluted water in minutes
Pollution kills about the same number of people a year around the world as cigarette smoking and second-hand smoke combined, the study said.
The tech giant previously barred any ads for stem cell therapies, FDA-approved or otherwise, though companies appeared to easily skirt the restriction.
The use of so-called “thermal separation processes,” such as distillation for separating petroleum-based hydrocarbons, is deeply ingrained in the chemical industry and has a very large associated energy footprint.
In one of the experiments, this treatment was combined with simulated sunlight, which saw all anemones die off within 17 days.
In 2019, it was estimated that congestion across the UK’s urban areas leads to the average UK resident wasting around 115 hours of time—and £894 in fuel waste and lost income—every year.
The complication: The scientists only had 12 grams—just a few teaspoons—of lunar soil with which to do this experiment.
“What’s new and interesting in this study is that they push the cells into reprogramming in a time-controlled way”
The algae harvests energy from the sun through photosynthesis which generates an electrical current
Numerous studies have found people with the same BMI can have very different disease risk profiles, primarily driven by where fat is distributed in their bodies. This is because not all fat is equal.
Scientists discover how bees activate natural medicine against parasite infection during pollination
By better understanding the functional importance and contributions of individual members of the microbiome to different pollinators, we may in the future be able to better support their health.
“Many of our participants reported positive effects from being off social media with improved mood and less anxiety overall. This suggests that even just a small break can have an impact.”
Most scientists are confident that life exists on many of the 300 million potentially habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy.
Even tractors are going electric, with a key marketing point the ability for farmers to recharge through their own solar arrays.
Hypocretin is a protein suspected to play a role in both insomnia, which is a decreased ability to fall asleep at night, and in narcolepsy, which is a decreased ability to stay awake during the day.
About 90% of nitrate contamination comes from manure and commercial fertilizer application. When heavy rainstorms dump water, they wash away the fertilizer on farm fields.
“Now we have strong evidence that the changes we see in human blood are directly correlated to changes in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease.”
Drones must be able to adapt to wind conditions in real time — rolling with the punches, meteorologically speaking.
Lutein and zeaxanthin are found in green, leafy vegetables such as kale, spinach, broccoli and peas. Beta-cryptoxanthin is found in fruits such as oranges, papaya, tangerines and persimmons.