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Image: Comparison of yarn hairiness for yarns of the same linear density (30 tex) and different spinning systems. Credit: Source: 'Investigating the influence of yarn…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Checking air quality and staying indoors when smoke inundates the Seattle area has become second nature…

As early American pioneers forged a long, arduous path across the country during the Westward Expansion, an earthquake hit what is now the State of Oklahoma on October 22, 1822.    “The trembling and vibrating were so severe as to cause…

Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) may reduce people’s ability to fight respiratory infections, according to Stephania Cormier, Ph.D., of Louisiana State University (LSU). Cormier, director of the LSU Superfund Research…

What GAO Found Through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, businesses compete for federal R&D awards. Phase I awards fund businesses to assess feasibility, and…

1. IntroductionWith the high attention given to climate, resources, and environmental protection issues, enterprises should not only achieve efficiency growth, but also pay attention to environmental protection and social…

The Francis Scott Key Bridge, once the second-longest continuous truss bridge in the U.S., now lies partially submerged in the Patapsco River after a catastrophic cargo ship collision this week. Two people were…

Certain neighborhoods — particularly those characterized by poverty and unemployment — may pose an environmental risk to the developing brains of children, according to a new study by NIEHS grant recipients from the University of…

Washington’s decision to abstain from voting on a UN security council resolution which calls for a ceasefire and an exchange of hostages with Hamas has angered Israel, which has traditionally counted on the US for unwavering support…

The far-reaching consequences of climate change inevitably include the production of foods and beverages, including wine. In New Zealand, winemaking is an important business, with exports worth more than NZ$2 billion per year.…

On Friday, armed men stormed the Crocus Concert Hall outside Moscow, killing at least 137 people and injuring more than 100. A day later, President Vladimir Putin addressed the nation, promising to “identify and punish everyone who…

1. IntroductionThe amount of energy that is consumed in residential buildings is affected by several factors . Firstly, there are a variety of environmental factors that have demonstrated effects on the energy balance of buildings .…

Stimulus-evoked negative fMRI signals in striatum. Credit: Yen-Yu Ian Shih, Ph.D. The brain is an incredibly complex and active organ that…

The prevalence of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP) among delivery hospitalizations increased from about 13% in 2017 to 16% in 2019, affecting at least 1 in 7 delivery hospitalizations during this period, according to a CDC…

Good morning, members of the committee, and thank you for the opportunity to speak with you. I am Arturo Brito, president and chief executive officer of Children’s Health Fund (CHF). I am also a community pediatrician. At CHF, we…

1. IntroductionDespite the fact that the number of road accidents is steadily leveling off and generally on the decline due to the systematic use of technology, some nations continue to experience incidents caused by human error. For…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain At least one-third of Canadians diagnosed with cancer experience financial distress, called "financial…

1. IntroductionThere is an overwhelmingly body of evidence showing that our planet’s climate has been changing since the pre-industrial period . Historical data show that Earth has been warming up and it is expected that global air…

Four themes were extracted, and thus the results are presented thematically in four parts. Firstly, we explore whether people think about the amount of food they waste. The second part examines how those involved in foodwaste reduction…

New study shows how the effects of climate change on income and adaptation in rural areas vary with gender, wealth and age.Climate change is disproportionately affecting the incomes of rural women, people living in poverty, and older…

In October 2020 the South African government launched a collection of public employment programmes, initially intended as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initiative, called the Presidential Employment Stimulus, has been…

The Internal Revenue Service's (IRS's) budget funds various activities that directly and indirectly affect the amounts of revenues it collects. Historically, the IRS's funding has primarily been discretionary—that is, the agency has…

Tanzania’s Serengeti ecosystem is like a time machine. As one of the world’s last remaining fully intact grazing ecosystems it provides a glimpse of what others in Australia, Eurasia and the Americas might have looked like when…

More than half the world’s population, including India, the US and UK, will have the chance to vote for new governments in 2024WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images THE biggest election year in the history of the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Owners of a popular dog breed are being encouraged to keep their pet pooch in tip-top condition after a…

Even mild covid-19 has been linked to shrinking in parts of the brainDesign Cells/Getty Images Do most of us have slightly diminished brainpower as a result of getting covid-19? That is the implication of the largest…

Many women get breast cancer. But the disease is deadliest for non-Hispanic Black women. And when it comes to metastatic breast cancer, women of color are less likely to get timely treatment that follows national guidelines. According to…

Ricardo Correa, Julian di Giovanni, Linda S. Goldberg, and Camelia Minoiu The recent era of global trade expansion is over. Faced with increased geopolitical risk, fragile foreign supply chains, and uncertainties in the…

Gary Siuzdak, Ph.D., from the Scripps Research Institute, highlighted exciting technologies that he said will advance the field of metabolomics and a wide range of scientific discovery, during a Dec. 7 NIEHS lecture. Metabolomics is the…

Frequency of even reports. Credit: Economics Letters (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111496 Psychology and Economics come together in a…

1. IntroductionThe increase in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2), resulting from economic growth poses significant risks and challenges to human society, economies, and ecosystems, thereby threatening…

1. IntroductionB2B (business-to-business) refers to a business model based on transactions between companies, and B2B companies are those that engage in such transactions. The B2B market occupies a significant share in the current…

1. IntroductionIn December 2019, cases of a new disease presenting pneumonia-like symptoms, later identified as Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), were detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The pathogen causing this outbreak was…

New Delhi, India — The Indian Supreme Court verdict on Thursday scrapping an opaque, election funding system has set off powerful tremors in the country’s politics, with transparency advocates arguing that it could expose those involved…

by Megan Johnson Ensuring safety in a laboratory environment should be a top priority. With so many moving parts to a laboratory’s daily function, important health and safety components can sometimes go overlooked. That…

1. IntroductionGlobally, the dairy sector is a substantial industry amounting to 900 million tonnes of milk being produced annually . However, this large-scale production raises concerns about the resulting wastewater. It is estimated…

High above the entrance to City Park in New Orleans, Paula Wilson danced. Her perch was an empty pedestal, on top of which she unleashed a flurry of emotions for twenty minutes under the cover of the early morning. The year was 2017, a…

2. Sex Hormone Fluctuation as a Trigger of MigraineMigraine tends to follow a classic temporal pattern throughout a cisgender woman’s life that corresponds with sex hormone fluctuations during reproductive milestones in the female…

In 2023, we saw a raft of news stories about climate tipping points, including the accelerating loss of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the potential dieback of the Amazon rainforest and the likely weakening of the Atlantic…

Cognitive skills are not affected by hormone fluctuations during menstruationTim Robberts/Digital Vision/Getty Images Verbal and spatial skills, like word memorisation and navigation, remain consistent throughout a…

Spatial skills are not affected by hormone fluctuations during menstruationParfenish_579/Shutterstock Verbal and spatial skills, like word memorisation and navigation, remain consistent throughout a person’s…

2. The Odium of OtiumThe Oxen Cart was originally displayed in Johan Maurits’s princely palaces in the Dutch colonial capital of Recife, which was renamed Mauritsstad after the count. The governor-general had two mansions built for…

Urbanization is one of the significant anthropogenic impacts on the earth in terms of land use and land cover (LULC) . Thus, urbanization has a crucial impact on the thermal environment and the emergence of the urban heat island (UHI)…

Researchers have developed a three-dimensional model that shows how exposure to cadmium might lead to congenital heart disease. Affecting nearly 40,000 newborns a year, congenital heart disease is the most common type of…

I thought I saw more red foliage this fall. Is that related to climate change? Illustration by Karlotta Freier…

The new NIEHS Early-Stage Investigator Spotlight Webinar series continued on May 11, featuring a presentation by Marissa Baker, Ph.D., on the mental health of mariners during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a talk by Michael Petriello, Ph.D.,…

A good shoe can make a huge difference for runners, from career marathoners to couch-to-5K first-timers. But every runner is unique, and a shoe that works for one might trip up another. Outside of trying on a…

Sea-level rise – along with increasing temperatures – is one of the clearest signals of man-made global warming. Yet exactly how rising water levels affect the coast is often misunderstood.A new coastal hazard assessment for Victoria’s…

Burning household plastic waste can affect human health in many ways. Two billion people globally lack solid waste collection services, and in places without trucks to transport the garbage or landfills to bring it to, incineration is…

1 Introduction In recent years, and mostly during the last months of the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine and remote treatments for Developmental Dyslexia have made it possible to keep rehabilitation programs active (1, 2).…