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Climate change will drive new transmission of 4,000 viruses between mammals by 2070

Climate change will drive new transmission of 4,000 viruses between mammals by 2070

1 Comment / Climate Change, Covid - 19, Global Warming, Pollution, research, Save Earth / By / April 29, 2022

KEY POINTS A new peer-reviewed study published Thursday in the journal Nature found global warming will drive 4,000 viruses to spread between mammals, including potentially between animals and humans, for the first time by 2070. Bats are especially responsible for novel viral transmission because they fly. It would cost $1 billion to properly identify and …

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Plasma-Based Disinfectant for COVID-19

Researchers Develop An Environment-Friendly, Plasma-Based Disinfectant for COVID-19 That Produces Zero Chemical Waste

2 Comments / Covid - 19, Eco-Friendly, Efforts, Innovation, research / By / April 21, 2022

Researchers have developed a plasma-based disinfectant generated with the help of Cold Atmospheric Pressure Plasma (CAP) that can act as an environment-friendly de-contaminant for COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical need for de-contaminants capable of limiting the spread of infectious diseases through contact. However, the majority of de-contaminants contained environmentally hazardous chemicals. This encouraged …

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Scientists use 3D printing to help save embattled coral reefs

Leave a Comment / Eco-Friendly, ESG, Innovation, research, Technology / By / April 13, 2022

The ocean covers most of the planet’s surface and is home to countless marine species. Ensuring the survival of marine life, whether microscopic bacteria or blue whales, is essential to maintaining a balanced ecosystem. However, many marine species are currently endangered, and some face the threat of extinction. These include coral reefs, which is why …

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Air pollution and brain health

Air pollution and brain health, is it all smoke and mirrors?

1 Comment / Climate Change, Environment, Health, Information, Pollution, research / By / April 7, 2022

You may have read news stories about a link between air pollution and neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. And in a landmark study published in The Lancet, air pollution was named as one of 12 important ‘modifiable’ risk factors for dementia. But what’s the nature of this link? Does higher exposure to air pollutants lead to …

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A worker checks a spool of recycled paper on the toilet paper production line at a Corelex Shinei Co. factory in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 7, 2021

The battle for your toilet paper is on

Leave a Comment / Eco-Friendly, Efforts, Environment, research, sustainability / By / April 4, 2022

Early in the pandemic, toilet paper shortages pushed weary Americans to the fringes. Out of necessity, millions tried rolls made from recycled paper or bamboo. And what they found surprised them. These alternatives were actually soft, far from the sandpaper-ish versions they grudgingly used at their office or in a public restroom. That revelation is …

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