For years, studies have suggested that plastic particles have been detected in the human body

Researchers found a new way to filter and destroy Pfas chemicals at 100 times the rate of current systems

New filtration technology developed by Rice University may absorb some Pfas “forever chemicals” at 100 times the rate previously possible, which could dramatically improve pollution control and speed remediations.

Researchers also say they have also found a way to destroy Pfas, though both technologies face a steep challenge in being deployed on an industrial scale.

Despite US pushback, officials in west Africa say controversial hepatitis B study on pause amid ethics concerns

US health officials insisted it was still on. African health leaders said it was cancelled. At the heart of the controversy is the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau – one of the poorest countries in the world and the proposed site of a hotly debated US-funded study on vaccines.

The study on hepatitis B vaccination, to be led by Danish researchers, became a flashpoint after major changes to the US vaccination schedule and prompted questions about how research is conducted ethically in other countries.

Lors du Forum économique mondial de Davos, Elon Musk a une nouvelle fois créé la surprise en affirmant que Tesla commercialiserait son robot humanoïde Optimus dès l’an prochain. Une annonce ambitieuse, fidèle au style du patron de la firme américaine, alors même que peu d’éléments concrets permettent aujourd’hui …

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On the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, 45 kilometers (27 miles) northwest of Quito, conservationists are now racing to restore this cloud-shrouded forest

Koala populations in some areas could grow ‘beyond what the ecosystem can sustain’, scientists say

While many embrace the joys of winter, the inevitable task of clearing snow and ice after a significant storm often proves less appealing.

High-intensity interval training, or HIIT, could be leading to elevated muscle protein synthesis in the elderly

The pattern appears to be driven by tiger shark biology, not by more people being in the water, marine biologists say

Prototaxites belonged to an ‘entirely extinct evolutionary branch of life‘

Fetal tissue has been used to advance research into diabetes, Alzheimer’s, infertility and vaccines

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from “elective” abortions, the world’s biggest public funder of biomedical research announced on Thursday.

The ban marks the latest, and most dramatic, effort by the Trump administration to end research that uses fetal tissue from abortions – a goal that anti-abortion advocates, who oppose the research, have sought for years. In 2019, during Donald Trump’s first term in office, the NIH stopped funding internal research that involved the tissue and implemented a review committee to evaluate research proposals from scientists outside the government. Joe Biden ended that policy in 2021.