Beauty tutorials in social media increase use of hormone-disrupting products by teens
Personal care products are among the largest everyday sources of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and high schoolers who…
Apple class action alleges smartwatch bands contain toxic PFAS chemicals
(Photo Credit: Hadrian/Shutterstock) Apple Watch PFAS class action overview: Who: A group of consumers has filed a class…
Targeting small group of brain cells may reduce opioid addiction risk
Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine are investigating how to keep opioids’ pain-relieving benefits while reducing their…
Wearable fingertip patch tracks Parkinson’s medication levels through sweat
Engineers and neuroscientists at the University of California San Diego have developed a soft, wearable fingertip patch that…
AI may predict harmful chemical exposures affecting human health
Artificial intelligence is rapidly improving scientists’ ability to detect chemicals in the environment and human body. A new…
Retrosynthesis software bridges pharma agrochemicals and fragrance sectors with advanced route design, ETChemicals
Digital retrosynthesis unlocks new efficiencies across diverse chemical industriesFrom speeding up drug discovery to enabling sustainable crop protection…
New pair of techniques can speed up the search for better tuberculosis drugs
Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the world’s deadliest single-agent caused infection, responsible for 1.23…
Auckland North Shore creek packed with dead eels, fish after ‘industrial strength’ pollution
“There were literally hundreds of dead eels and fish along a good chunk of the stream. “Most people…
Smoking reprograms immune cells to accelerate cardiovascular disease
Scientists at the University of Oklahoma have identified a previously unrecognized immune system pathway that helps explain how…
New viral model triggers Parkinson’s symptoms without using toxins
Scientists usually use animal models when studying Parkinson’s disease because these models mimic the disease well. They are limited, however,…
Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in breast milk and infants’ urine
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that interfere with hormones were found in breast milk and in the urine of children…
Emergency clean-up ordered at Biloela’s Essential Spill
Emergency stabilisation works have been carried out by the Department of Environment at a Biloela waste business after…