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The most recent estimates (2016) obtained by the World Health Organization state that more than 4.2 million people die prematurely annually as a result of long-lasting exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution (frequently mentioned as PM2.5).

The majority of space satellites have been powered by photovoltaic cells that have the potential to convert sunlight into electricity. Vulnerability to a few kinds of radiation existing in orbit could harm the devices, thereby deteriorating their performance and restricting their lifetime.

A year-long study of the dietary habits of 9,341 Australians has backed growing evidence that highly processed and refined foods are the leading contributor of rising obesity rates in the Western world.

The number of new diagnoses of rheumatoid arthritis fell by 20% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research suggests.

Scientists and collaborators from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) doubt that a high number of plastics has been transported in flowing waters compared to what was thought earlier and are currently developing new modeling approaches.

Suffering psychological trauma during childhood significantly increases the risk of developing a mental disorder in adulthood. Specifically, as much as three times, according to a recent study led by researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, published in the journal European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. The study analyses the fourteen reviews and meta-analyses published to date in specialized journals on this issue, and is the first to take into account...

A new study performed has shown that chemical analysis of sediment cores from the North Pacific Ocean displays a persistent pairing of volcanic ash and hypoxia.

Carbon emissions from lakes, rivers, and reservoirs include a huge proportion of the carbon cycle worldwide. New studies on carbon release from inland waters in China have concentrated on single rivers or lakes, and the fundamental factors driving carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions remain vague.

As per the latest Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, climate change is becoming a major risk to biodiversity.

A novel metric that estimates our "burden," or cumulative exposure, to a family of thousands of synthetic chemicals that we encounter in everyday life with potentially adverse health impacts, has been created by a team of researchers at Mount Sinai.