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Daria Egereva was scheduled to come to New York next week. The indigenous Selkup climate change advocate is expected to return to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, where he spoke two years ago about how indigenous peoples face environmental degradation and climate change. Instead, she faces up to 20 years in prison on terrorism charges this year and is being held in a Russian prison. Egereva was arrested on December 17, along with another Russian indigenous activist, Natalia Leongart, whose name was not made public until last week. Both are accused of joining a terrorist group, stemming…
A new clinical trial led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research suggests that metformin, a widely used and inexpensive type 2 diabetes drug, may help people with type 1 diabetes reduce the amount of insulin they need. The findings point to potential new ways to manage symptoms more effectively. For years, doctors have prescribed metformin to some type 1 diabetics in hopes of improving insulin resistance. That approach is mostly based on limited evidence. The results of this controlled clinical trial show that while metformin does not improve insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes, it does help lower the…
Ammonia pollution hotspots have been identified in areas with the highest concentration of pig and poultry farms in the UK, a study has found.New maps reveal for the first time that the worst ammonia emissions levels are concentrated in Lincolnshire, Herefordshire and Norfolk. According to researchers from Compassion in World Farming (CiWF) and Sustain, these regions all have high densities of intensive poultry and pig farms that emit dangerous levels of ammonia.The study comes as the government seeks to rewrite planning rules to make it easier to build intensive livestock farms, despite concerns over water pollution, air quality and local…
The long-running scientific debate may finally be coming to an end. A new study involving Ashley Poust of the University of Nebraska State Museum provides strong evidence that: nano tyrantIt is often described as a smaller version of . tyrannosaurus rexwhich was actually a real different species. A research team led by Princeton University’s Christopher Griffin focused on the original fossil Nanotyrannus skull, housed at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. To determine the animal’s age at death, the researchers examined a little-studied bone known as the ceratobranchial or hyoid bone that had been preserved with the skull. The researchers…
Waters Corporation today announced the launch of the Waters omniDAWN™ multi-angle light scattering (MALS) photometer, part of the Wyatt Technology portfolio. With 18 detection angles, the omniDAWN photometer is the first extended range MALS detector for ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) and ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) workflows, delivering absolute molar mass and size measurements without compromising resolution or throughput. Image credit: Waters Corporation The omniDAWN MALS photometer extends UPLC-compatible sizing by a factor of 10, enabling reliable characterization of more complex analytes including large molecules and advanced materials. The omniDAWN MALS photometer extends UPLC-compatible sizing by a factor of 10…
The genetic adaptations that allow animals such as yaks and Tibetan antelopes to survive in the absence of air may also point to new ways to repair nerve damage in humans. Researchers report that this mutation may help restore damaged nerve insulation in conditions such as cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis (MS). This study was published in the Cell Press journal neuronwe have identified natural biological pathways that support neural regeneration and may be harnessed using molecules already present in the human body. “Evolution is a great gift from nature, providing a variety of genes that help organisms adapt to…
Casey Moravec, an attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center, spoke at a public hearing Tuesday in Fayetteville on proposed monitoring and minimization rules for industrial emitters of 1,4-dioxane and public wastewater treatment plants that receive their wastewater. Photo: Trista Talton FAYETTEVILLE — Proposed monitoring and minimization rules for industrial emitters of 1,4-dioxane and public wastewater treatment plants that accept the waste from those facilities fail to protect North Carolinians’ drinking water, speakers at a public hearing said Tuesday. All but one of the 13 people who spoke at the North Carolina Environmental Control Commission’s public hearing at Fayetteville Technical…
A new MRI study suggests that a diet high in ultra-processed foods may be associated with thicker, poorer thigh muscles in adults at risk of knee osteoarthritis, adding new concerns about how modern dietary patterns affect mobility and aging. Study: Ultra-processed foods and muscle fat infiltration in thigh MRI: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Image credit: Atiketta Sangasaeng / Shutterstock Recent research published in journals Radiology Consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF) is associated with increased fat infiltration in the thigh muscles on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a marker of decreased muscle quality in people at risk for knee osteoarthritis. Analysis…
A new review claims that while processed meat provides high-quality protein and key micronutrients, the health risks may not be as clear-cut as many guidelines suggest. Review: Processed meat in the diet: general nutritional profile – protein quality and micronutrients. Image credit: The Image Party / Shutterstock In a recent article published in a magazine animal frontierthe authors published a perspective review of the nutritional content, protein quality, and claimed health effects of processed meat in the human diet. background Processed meat has become a major component of the human diet due to its shelf life, convenience, and nutritional value.…
A recent experiment investigated whether simple visual cues of mating movements cause sexual arousal in heterosexual men and women. The results showed that watching muted clips of various mating animal species did not increase blood flow to the genitals or induce self-reported arousal in either sex. These observations were published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior. Lucy Krejčová, a researcher at Charles University in Prague, and her colleagues developed the experiment to test existing theories about human sexual response. They wanted to understand the specific visual triggers that cause the human body to physically prepare for intercourse. Physical arousal…