by Wolters Kluwer Health Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFor years, scientists have expressed concern about potential adverse health effects of excessive exposure to short wavelength light (SWL), which includes the “blue light” from smartphones, laptops, and tablets. However, the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) has identified a lack of consensus among public health officials about...
by Ben Knight, University of New South Wales Candida albicans. Credit: Wikipedia.Thinking of fungi probably conjures up an image of some wild mushrooms or a sourdough starter in your mind. That, or maybe a time where you had an unfortunate itchy skin rash that went away with a bit of topical medication. But researchers in mycology—the...
by University of Wyoming University of Wyoming student Maxwell Packebush works with Silvia Sanchez-Martinez, a senior research scientist, to purify one of the tardigrade proteins used in a study showing that the proteins can be used to stabilize an important pharmaceutical for people with hemophilia and other conditions without the need for refrigeration. Credit: Thomas Boothby...
by Tom Avril Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello travels to the Amazon jungle and tells villagers the reason for her visit, their first response is often laughter. “Did you come all this way just to see my poop?” they ask. She did—no humor intended—and she has been doing it for more than...
by Yale University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Decades of research has shown that limits on calorie intake by flies, worms, and mice can enhance life span in laboratory conditions. But whether such calorie restriction can do the same for humans remains unclear. Now a new study led by Yale researchers confirms the health benefits of...
Max Kozlov Firefighters battle the Caldor wildfire in California in August. Credit: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/ZUMA/eyevine On a cool September morning in San Francisco, a group of firefighters packed their gear into a bright red van. The sickly sweet odour of pine resin from a distant blaze hung in the air as the crew prepared to...
by Matt Wood, University of Chicago Credit: Shutterstock The term “microbiome” is shorthand for the vast and still largely unexplored worlds of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microorganisms that inhabit every corner of the planet. Bacteria form tiny ecosystems side by side with our own cells on our skin, in our mouths and along our airways...
