health & fitness
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Biological cleanup discovered for certain 'forever chemicals'
Chemical and environmental engineering scientists have identified two species of bacteria found in soil that break down a class of stubborn...
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Four ways to advance equity and justice goals in climate action planning
Municipal climate action plans often identify equity and justice as goals, but engagement with these concepts is mostly rhetorical. A new study...
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Actively reducing noise by ionizing air
Scientists show that a thin layer of plasma, created by ionizing air, could be promising as an active sound absorber, with applications in noise...
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How the flu virus hacks our cells
Influenza epidemics, caused by influenza A or B viruses, result in acute respiratory infection. They kill half a million people worldwide every...
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Plants can distinguish when touch starts and stops, study suggests
Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a study has found. In a set of experiments, individual plant...
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Color-changing material shows when medications get too warm
Some foods and medicines, such as many COVID-19 vaccines, must be kept cold. As a step toward a robust, stable technique that could indicate when...
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Eat right, live longer: Could a moderate protein diet be the coveted elixir of youth?
Consuming nutritious food can improve metabolic health and delay aging. But what are the appropriate quantities of dietary macronutrients that can...
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Fairy tales offer accessible ways to communicate energy research in the social sciences to help tackle climate change
A team of researchers has been developing accessible and creative means of communicating sustainability research from the social sciences for...
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Scientists unveil RNA-guided mechanisms driving cell fate
The early stages of embryonic development contain many of life's mysteries. Unlocking these mysteries can help us better understand early...
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New type of drug candidate effectively accelerates wound healing in clinical study
Complicated, hard-to-heal wounds are a growing medical problem and there are currently only two drugs approved with proven efficacy. In a new study...
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Quarter-ton marsupial roamed long distances across Australia's arid interior
One of Australia's first long-distance walkers has been described after palaeontologists used advanced 3D scans and other technology to take a new...
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Saved from extinction, Southern California's Channel Island Foxes now face new threat to survival
Starting in the 1990s, Island Fox populations began to dwindle due to an outbreak of canine distemper and an increase in attacks by golden eagles....