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In New York state, a bill to reduce plastic waste is moving forward in the state legislature amid a confusing debate over chemical recycling. If passed, the bill would give New York state the strongest regulations in the nation regarding plastic packaging and could reduce the amount of non-recyclable packaging in the state by 30 percent over the next 12 years. It would also require packaging manufacturers to fund recycling and disposal efforts. The bill, the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, stalled in the past two Congresses. One of the obsessions of plastic producers is chemical recycling, which is…

All Gillian wanted was to regain control of her drinking. At 38 years old, she knew that alcohol had already put her marriage in jeopardy and was beginning to threaten her career. What started as a typical college prank turned into regular binge drinking at professional happy hours, and eventually an urge to drink all day long. Most days, the vodka bottles went from being full in the cabinet to empty to being placed in the recycling bin. “I got to the point where I said, ‘Oh my God, I can’t stop myself,'” Gillian said. Her boyfriend was at a…

Researchers have found that people who engage in more frequent enriching leisure activities, from museum visits to music to regular exercise, show signs of slower biological aging with cutting-edge epigenetic clocks. Research: Does leisure activity influence epigenetic aging? An analysis of arts engagement and physical activity in the UK Household Longitudinal Survey. Image credit: Bangkok Click Studio/Shutterstock.com recent innovation in aging This study investigates whether leisure activities such as artistic and physical activities are associated with the aging process. Measuring epigenetic mechanisms, lifestyle factors, and biological aging As the proportion of older people around the world increases, attention is shifting…

For decades, scientists believed that Japan’s population was primarily descended from two ancient groups. One is the Jomon period hunter-gatherers who lived on the archipelago for thousands of years, and the other is the East Asian immigrants who later brought rice cultivation and new technologies to Japan. But a large-scale genetic analysis by researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences suggests the picture is much more complex. Using whole-genome sequencing of more than 3,200 people across Japan, the research team found evidence supporting a third ancestral group with ties to northeast Asia and possibly related to ancient Emishi.…

Just four weeks after switching to a diet rich in whole-food complex carbohydrates and plant-based foods, aging-related biomarker profiles changed in older adults. But scientists say this change may reflect rapid physiological adaptation rather than a true age reversal. Research: Short-term dietary interventions alter physiological profiles associated with aging. Image credit: Wuttichok Panichiwarapun/Shutterstock.com Short-term dietary interventions can alter age-related physiological changes in older adults, as reported in a new study published in . aged cells. How diet shapes physiological aging Aging is a multifactorial biological process characterized by complex molecular, cellular, and physiological changes. This inevitable biological process is usually…

Strong solar activity can produce amazing aurora borealis on Earth, but without the protection of Earth’s magnetic field, the sun could be extremely dangerous. Violent eruptions, such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, can send high-energy particles into space, posing serious danger to astronauts and spacecraft. Some of these eruptions cause solar proton events (SPE), during which charged particles hurtle towards Earth at speeds up to 90% of the speed of light. In 1972, several SPEs exploded during the Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 lunar missions. If astronauts had been exposed during their lunar missions, they could have been…

But scientists say the island is changing. 広い地域は湿潤で湿地が多くなり、その一方でプレウロフィラムやスティルボカルパなどの在来の大ハーブは縮小しつつあります。研究者らは長年、降雨量の増加がこうした変化の背後にあるのではないかと疑っていた。 Now, a new study has been published Weather and climate dynamics A sharp increase in rainfall has been confirmed, and this discovery could have implications far beyond this isolated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Why the Southern Ocean is important It absorbs large amounts of heat trapped by greenhouse gases, along with a significant portion of the carbon dioxide produced by human activities. Storm systems that pass through this region also shape weather patterns for Australia, New Zealand, and other parts of the world. だからこそ、気象局とオーストラリア南極局がマッコーリー島で収集した気象観測が非常に貴重なのです。 The island provides one of the only long-term…

abstract In this real-world multicenter study (Wenzhou, China), 113 chronic hepatitis C patients received corbopasvir (60 mg) and sofosbuvir (400 mg) daily for 12 weeks. The overall SVR12 was 99.1% (112/113). SVR12 was 100% for genotypes 3a, 3b, 6a, and compensated cirrhosis, 93.3% for genotype 1b, and 90% for HBV co-infection. Liver function (ALBI) and fibrosis scores (FIB-4, APRI) were significantly improved. No serious adverse events occurred. The corbopasvir + sofosbuvir regimen demonstrated excellent efficacy and safety across a variety of genotypes (including hard-to-treat genotype 3b) and comorbidities. introduction Chronic HCV is the main cause of liver cirrhosis and HCC…

New research at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026) argues that understanding how obesity has been depicted in art through the ages should make doctors more empathetic and less judgmental, leading to better outcomes for patients. Michael Yaffe, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UT Health) in Houston, Texas, also speculates that future art will feature the “GLP-1 face,” the haggard look that can occur when people lose large amounts of weight rapidly with GLP-1 drugs. Using examples from works of art spanning centuries, Dr. Yaffe explains how, until relatively recently, obesity was…

Researchers have proposed a new standard for the decades-old prosthetic donation market, improving the quality of lower limb prostheses by two-thirds and significantly improving the quality of life for recipients. A multidisciplinary team of charities, prosthetists and academics, led by King’s College London, designed and implemented the first set of standardized regulations for the export of prosthetic limbs to the Global South, reducing unusable donations from 16% to 5%. In doing so, the team laid the foundations for an ethical framework for improving the provision of prosthetic limbs in the UK and a first-of-its-kind global prosthetic circular economy. The…