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Oxford Environment student gets top underwater award
An MSc student at the University of Oxford`s Environmental Change Institute is the youngest recipient of the world's most prestigious award for underwater exploration. Alasdair Harris, 23, is to receive the British Sub Aqua Club Medal from the Duke of Edinburgh in a ceremony on 15 November at Buckingham Palace. The award is in recognition of his... view more... (2002-11-14)
NASA scientists report on new technology to help protect US troops from infectious diseases
Representatives from NASA convened in New Orleans today to report at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting the results from a NASA-enhanced computerized system to assess environmental and health concerns for deployed U.S. forces. view more (2008-12-11)
Genes are of little importance in rheumatoid arthritis
Genes are of little importance in the development of rheumatoid arthritis, finds a study in this week's BMJ. view more (2002-01-30)
Press release & invitation : NERC Open Council meetiing, London, 25 November 04
What would you do with £300 million"¦? view more (2004-11-17)
A child's IQ can be affected by mother's exposure to urban air pollutants
A mother's exposure to urban air pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can adversely affect a child's intelligence quotient or IQ, a study reports. view more (2009-07-22)
Exposure to PCBs May Reduce the Effectiveness of Vaccines in Children
New epidemiological evidence suggests that exposure to environmental pollutants may have an adverse impact on immune responses to childhood vaccinations. view more (2006-08-23)
Research finds new cause of ozone wheezing and potential treatments
Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Duke University have discovered a cause of airway irritation and wheezing after exposure to ozone, a common urban air pollutant. view more (2009-02-04)
Next Generation pH Measurement Removes the Need for Calibration
The measurement of pH is one of the most common analytical measurements used the world over in applications from process control in the food industry, to research in the pharmaceutical industry, through to effluent monitoring in the environmental sector. In 2002, the total pH measurement instrumentation market, including replacement sensors... view more... (2004-11-12)
Banning Smoking At Home Protects Infants
Banning smoking in the home leads to a small but meaningful fall in infant exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, whereas less strict measures have no effect, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Parents from 314 households with young infants took part in the study. Parents were interviewed at home about their knowledge and use of harm reduction... view more... (2003-07-30)
Highways Agency congratulated for environmentally friendly lighting
Lighting that shines in a controlled manner rather than skywards, has resulted in the Highways Agency being congratulated by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee recently. The Committee praised the Agency for forward thinking, and believes the high pressure sodium lanterns are a step in the right direction to reducing light... view more... (2003-12-01)
Dartmouth researchers show effects of low dose arsenic on development
A team of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers has determined that low doses of arsenic disrupt the activity of a hormone critical in development. view more (2007-11-15)
Changes in gene may stunt lung development in children
Mutations in a gene may cause poor lung development in children, making them more vulnerable to diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) later in life, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and the German Research Center for Environmental Health. view more (2009-03-27)
"Live fast, die young" applies to forests, too.
Forests provide humans with economically important and often irreplaceable products and services, and affect global climate by acting as sources and sinks of heat-trapping carbon dioxide. Yet the possible responses of forests to ongoing environmental changes are poorly understood. In the most recent issue of Ecology Letters, Stephenson and van... view more... (2005-04-19)
Nanotech safety needs specific government risk research strategy and funding
"Prioritizing nanotechnology risk research isn't rocket science," said Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies chief scientist Andrew Maynard. Dr. Maynard's remark is in his testimony today before the federal government's first public meeting focused exclusively on research needs and priorities for the environmental, health and safety risks... view more... (2007-01-04)
Local School Boys Win Special Prize at European Science Fair
Maninder Bhogal and Erik Pickett, of Hitchin Boys school, won places on an International Research Camp at the Young European's Environmental Research Competition this weekend. The boys' project on the decomposition of litter was presented at the four day competition in Berlin. A panel of international judges awarded the prize after consideration... view more... (1998-11-24)
New research shows that environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the processes used to manufacture them.
New research shows that environmental gains derived from the use of nanomaterials may be offset in part by the processes used to manufacture them. view more (2008-10-29)
Green IT not helping climate change
Richard Hawkins, Canada Research Chair in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, says there is no evidence that information technologies necessarily reduce our environmental footprint. view more (2009-02-25)
Hospital visits for respiratory illnesses spiked during Southern California wildfires
Raging wildfires that engulfed Southern California earlier this decade not only destroyed neighborhoods laying in their path, they also caused significant health problems for many who lived outside the fires' reach. view more (2008-11-19)
Exposures to the insecticide chlorpyrifos in pregnancy adversely affect child development
Children who were exposed prenatally to the insecticide chlorpyrifos had significantly poorer mental and motor development by three years of age and increased risk for behavior problems. view more (2006-12-05)
Environmental stress probed in cardiovascular disease, diabetes
How environmental stress contributes to cardiovascular disease and type II diabetes is under study at the Medical College of Georgia. view more (2007-09-06)
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