A new study from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and the Department of Chemistry at Trinity College of Arts and Sciences found nanoplastics linked to Parkinson’s and dementia. One day, the plastic water bottle you use on a daily basis can break down into microscopic pieces that cause
A recent study published by NPJ Vaccines reported that the COVID-19 vaccine was found in the hearts of dead people. A recent study found that COVID-19 vaccine was present in individuals who passed away within a month of receiving it. Researchers from the United States examined tissue samples from 25
The Digital Evolution series sponsored by Global X ETFs has provided a visual guide to AI adoption by industry. The world’s workforce is starting to use artificial intelligence’s plethora of applications at a substantial rate as more and more companies invest resources in it. Alan Kennedy of Visual Capitalist examines
A study published on August 31 in Proteomics Clinical Applications has revealed that it detects spike protein in vaccine recipients 6 months after COVID-19 vaccination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has maintained since the start of the pandemic that COVID-19 vaccine mRNA is “broken down within a
According to a recent study conducted by a multidisciplinary team of scientists from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and California, COVID-19 stay-at-home policies resulted in excessive deaths. Public health workers’ initiatives to safeguard citizens from COVID-19 infection and prevent death may have backfired, according to a recent study (pdf below) reported in
According to a recent study published in the ACS’s Environmental Science and Technology journal, radioactive wild boar are roaming Central Europe as a result of nuclear blasts from the mid-twentieth century. Cesium-soaked truffles from post-World War II weapons tests in Central Europe, as well as the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster,
A new book titled ‘On the Scent: Unlocking the Mysteries of Smell and How its Loss Can Change Your World’ by Paola Totaro and Robert Wainwright suggests that human beings can actually ‘smell’ fear. While most olfactory scientists are students of the human brain, nose and smell-driven behaviours, Professor Jonathan
According to findings published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications this month, Chinese scientists have simulated a black hole using quantum computing and tested Hawking’s theory. The team said there is certain probability that one of the tiny particle escapes the event horizon of a black hole in the form
A study published in the journal Nature has revealed that water on Earth did not form on its own but was instead acquired from outer space. Vacuuming of small dust particles led to formation of water on Earth. (Photo: AFP) Scientists have made a surprising discovery that suggests the Earth
