Risk of Stroke Can Be Reduced by 16 Percent If You Live Near Green Spaces, Study Reveals

Medicine & Technology Mar 17, 2022

Living near green spaces helps reduce the risk of stroke, according to research. Discover the health benefits of the neighboring green spaces to people.

Air Pollution That We Cannot See? New Study Reveals Unhealthy Particles Floating in the Atmosphere

Feb 01, 2022

Air pollution can be easily seen when it settles as smog covering a particular area, but in rural places where the air appears clearer, scientists recently revealed what they describe as "invisible pollutants" floating in the air.

Otters in England Contaminated With Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' of Pollutants in the River

Jan 26, 2022

Forever chemicals are contaminants that pose health risks to both humans and animals and now they are being detected in the otters in England, which suggests an abundance of chemical pollutants in the area.

Common Air, Water Pollutants Damaging the Body's First Line of Defense From Toxins and Infections, Study Finds

Aug 11, 2021

A new study found that air and water pollutants have adverse effects on the body's first line of defense against toxins and infections, which is the mucosal system.

Adidas to Make 11 Million Pairs of Shoes from Recycled Ocean Plastic

Apr 05, 2019

In a partnership with Parley for the Oceans, the manufacturing giant, Adidas is making a difference.

Defects can help soak up pollutant faster in nanomaterials

Mar 14, 2019

Adding defects into the structure of a metal-organic framework, research shows that it could absorb toxic pollutants faster in industrial wastewater.

New Supermolecule Locates & Eliminates Harmful Drugs From Water

Apr 13, 2017

Pharmaceuticals contaminate water, but researchers are discovering a new kind of supermolecule to eliminate toxins.

Experts Warned: Melting Snow Releases Toxic, Carcinogenic Pollutants

Apr 06, 2017

Snow takes up airborne pollutants from the atmosphere from the exhaust gasses and alters its concentrations to different nanoparticles as the conditions get warmer and the snow begins to melt.