Climate action urgently required to protect human health in Europe

In a landmark report, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) focuses on the consequences of…

IAF Startup Pitch Session at IAC 2019 Calling all Space Startups!

The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is hosting at the Global Networking Forum (GNF), during its annual…

Measuring impact of product placement

Researchers reveals the impact of product placement in television programming. The findings indicate that prominent product…

New method to gauge atmosphere's ability to clear methane

Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases. Hydroxyl radicals (OH) react with methane and…

Germline gene therapy: Safety

An internationally known embryologist and his son make the case for using gene-editing tools to prevent…

Immunotherapy drug found safe in treating cancer patients with HIV, study suggests

The results of a new study suggest that patients living with HIV and one of a…

Water filters, efficient cookstoves improve health in vulnerable Rwandan populations

A large-scale program to deliver water filters and portable biomass-burning cookstoves to Rwandan homes reduced the…

Downpours of torrential rain more frequent with global warming

The number of extreme downpours increased steadily between 1964 and 2013 — a period when global…

Combination of water scarcity and inflexible demand puts world's river basins at risk

Nearly one-fifth of the world’s population lives in a stressed water basin where the next climate…

Seaweed helps trap carbon dioxide in sediment

Researchers have found that these slimy macroalgae play an important role in permanently removing carbon dioxide…