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April 19, 2024 Photo Credit: Shutterstock | dba87 Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a groundbreaking new rule to designate two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) –  perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and…

California’s Cradle to Career (C2C) system aims to shed light on the paths Californians take through the school system and into the workforce by linking individual-level data from a variety of state agencies. This…

Directionality of mechanistic links between climate change, biodiversity, and infectious disease. Credit: The Lancet Planetary Health (2024). DOI:…

Partial results in local elections show CHP candidates ahead of their AK Party rivals in Ankara and Istanbul.Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) appears set to retain its control over key cities, according…

Istanbul, Turkey – Across much of the world, local elections generate little interest beyond the town hall but in Turkey, voting for officials ranging from metropolitan mayors to neighbourhood representatives grips the nation for weeks…

More than 20 million people along the West Coast are under flood watches due to a major storm this weekend bringing heavy rain and gusty winds.A flood watch is in effect for much of Southern California through Sunday afternoon, with…

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March 27, 2024 Lawmakers’ Letter Supports Governor Healey’s Appeal of The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Denial After Catastrophic September 2023 Flooding in Bristol, Hampden, and Worcester Counties Text of Letter (PDF)…

March 27, 2024 Lawmakers’ Letter Supports Governor Healey’s Appeal of FEMA’s Denial After Catastrophic September 2023 Flooding in Bristol, Hampden, and Worcester Counties Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C.…

New York, NY (May 19, 2023) -- Today, the Ad Council Research Institute (ACRI) released results of a year-long study aimed at taking a pulse check of the social issues Americans care most about, the actions they take on behalf of those…

Dr Taylor Stock loading a sample into the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM), used to perform atomic scale fabrication. Credit: Agnese Abrusci/UCL…

Last week, the federal minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Madeleine King, signed a A$207 million commitment with the United States in support of “Landsat Next”. Aptly named, this is the next generation of an Earth…

The Luna structure, a 1.8-kilometre-wide depression in north-west India, may have been caused by the largest meteorite to strike Earth in the past 50,000 years

BRUSSELS (AP) — A major European Union plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc and fight climate change was indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how farmers’ protests sweeping the continent have…

BOSTON —  Hardy souls across New England were spending their Sunday shoveling out after a major storm dumped more than 60 centimeters of snow in some areas, causing multiple road accidents, downing power lines and leaving hundreds of…

Thousands of people are without power Sunday morning after ice and snow from a major storm brought down trees and powerlines overnight. The damage is primarily in Maine’s southern counties. Central Maine Power had 184,095…

Last month, 17 early-career scientists from NIEHS won the annual National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE). As in previous years, select postdoctoral trainees from across the 27 NIH institutes and…

The federal government has just released a major report about anti-discrimination laws and religious schools in Australia. It was done by the Australian Law Reform Commission, which finished its work late last year. It has been…

The votes have been cast, but the helter skelter race to form the next Tasmanian government is just beginning. While the results aren’t likely to be formalised for a couple of weeks, the island state’s voters haven’t given Labor…

In January 2024, researchers at Aga Khan University (AKU) in Pakistan’s Sindh province, launched an ambitious four-year project to measure the impact of extreme heat on maternal and child health. Studies on the impact of the climate…

Californians’ opinions of the political parties continue to sour as do their views of politics and their enthusiasm towards voting this year, sentiments made clear in the latest PPIC Statewide Survey. Californians join a…

The European Commission has initiated legal action against Greece for not updating its flood risk management strategies, signaling a significant push for enhanced…

MONTREAL, March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today at the Université de Montréal, Que., the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport of Canada and Quebec Lieutenant, announced more than $515 million in funding for research…

The researchers used two different but complementary approaches to measuring methane emissions from specific facilities via airplane-borne sensors. (Image credit: Carbon Mapper) Oil and gas operations across the United…

1. IntroductionIf unrecognized, Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy (CNO) can be a destructive and devastating complication of neuropathy in patients affected by diabetes, as it can lead to joint and bone deformities, development of ulcers…

While the station has been in operation for 40 years, the existing processing structure is nearly 20 years old. It was solely a small wooden structure with a roof but no walls that could only fit a few banders at a time with no room for…

A new version of the Protected Areas Database of the U.S. (PAD-US), has major federal, state and easement updates, an easier-to-use data…

Geneva —  The "major rescue operation" aimed at finding six Swiss ski hikers wanted since Saturday in the Swiss Alps must continue overnight, but the danger of avalanches is complicating operations, police said Sunday. The six people…

A signaling protein known as STING is a critical player in the human immune system, detecting signs of danger within cells and then activating a variety of defense mechanisms. STING is primarily on the lookout…

“This area off Chiba Prefecture has seen this sort of slow-slip activity several times over the last few decades, with a series of small to medium-sized quakes coming and going over time,” said Yoshiaki Hisada, a professor who…

Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 14, Pages 219: Effectiveness of Group Physical Exercise in Treating Major Depressive Disorder: An Analysis of Secondary Data from an Aborted Randomized Trial Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs14030219…

1. IntroductionBike sharing has emerged as an innovative public transportation and shared micromobility system, offering individuals the opportunity to rent bicycles for short-distance trips. Bikeshare systems have gained significant…

The Congo Basin of central Africa is well known for its network of rivers that drain a variety of landscapes, from dense tropical forests to more arid and wooded savannas. Among the Congo River’s large tributaries, the Ruki is unique in…

The Congo Basin of central Africa is well known for its network of rivers that drain a variety of landscapes, from dense tropical forests to more arid and wooded savannas. Among the Congo River’s large tributaries, the Ruki is…

(Mainichi) TOKYO — The earthquake that struck central Japan’s Noto Peninsula on New Year’s Day caused liquefaction in more places than the 1995 Great Hanshin…

(Mainichi) TOKYO -- The earthquake that struck central Japan's Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day caused liquefaction in more places than the 1995 Great…

New research suggests that sunlight-blocking particles from an extreme eruption would not cool surface temperatures on Earth as severely as previously estimated.Some 74,000 years ago, the Toba volcano in Indonesia exploded with a force…

New York, March 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Maternity and Baby Care Brand Now Offers Products Through Babylist, Boots, Target, and Walmart, Among Other Retail GiantsSince July 2023, the brand—known for its commitment to…

New research suggests that sunlight-blocking particles from an extreme eruption would not cool surface temperatures on Earth as severely as previously estimated.Some 74,000 years ago, the Toba volcano in Indonesia exploded with a force…

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever rewrote Hollywood’s script for superhero movies. English professor Diana Adesola Mafe was involved in an academic roundtable that offers a critical conversation about it and another film set in an…

Spada has received seed and pilot grants supported by NIEHS to fund his work. (Image courtesy of Steph Spada.)Nicholas Spada, Ph.D., an aerosol scientist at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), recently developed…

Editorial 16:24 JST, March 3, 2024 When it comes to predicting major earthquakes and taking countermeasures, it would be difficult to make all possible preparations. Even so, what is needed to minimize damage? It is hoped that disaster…

Major Cybersecurity Event Impacting Health Care, Pharmacy Operations…

Himawari-8 satellite image (valid 14/12/2023 12h00) of Tropical Cyclone Jasper after making landfall over Far North Queensland. Credit: Japan Meteorological Agency,…

The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) has approved up to $1.825 million dollars in state funding to support activities that reduce the risk of whale and sea turtle entanglements in fishing gear associated with…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A collaborative research endeavor by scientists in the Departments of Radiology, Neurology, and…

FORT BLISS, Texas - Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, spoke to the Army’s latest class of…

WASHINGTON —  The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Biomedicines 2024, 12(3), 516; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines12030516 (registering DOI) Submission received: 4 January 2024 /…

1. IntroductionWater is essential for life and is the foundation of sustainable development, from food and energy security to human health and the environment . The human altered hydrologic cycle, socio-economic development, population…