A compound connected with foods such as pomegranates and walnuts could point scientists toward a new treatment for one of the most stubborn forms of heart failure. Researchers found that urolithin A helped stiff heart tissue relax and reduced several damaging changes linked to the disease. Urolithin A is not simply a nutrient that comes […]
The WHO and the World Bank want $31 billion a year for pandemic preparedness – but a new Leeds University study says the financial case is built on dubious assumptions and false accounting.
Hundreds of US government drones have switched from border surveillance to a different surveillance mission this summer—looking for signs of screwworm infestations in wild animals and livestock herds.
The flesh-eating New World Screwworm is the parasitic larva that emerges from eggs laid by flies in the open wounds or body openings of warm-blooded animals and humans, with untreated cases potentially leading to severe injury or death. Since the first screwworm cases were detected in South Texas in June, the US Department of Agriculture and US Customs and Border Protection have been conducting “one of the most extensive animal-health surveillance operations in the country,” the USDA said on August 10 in social media posts on platforms like X and Facebook.
The effort involves at least 200 drones owned by the Department of Homeland Security, which includes the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency. But the actual number in use "varies depending on availability and need," a USDA spokesperson told Ars.
We need the North Carolina General Assembly to step up and protect their constituents as the EPA rolls out its stated plans to eliminate nationwide drinking water standards for PFAS, a known human health risk.
Cleveland-Cliffs got $500M for a big green-steel push. Under Trump, the firm is “rescoping” to work that perpetuates coal use and will boost local pollution.
A Trump administration proposal to eliminate a federal requirement giving the public notice and an opportunity to comment on air-pollution permits could reduce the scrutiny of diesel generators backing up data centers, advocates warn.
New EU packaging regulations will come into force this week which set EU-wide limits on PFAS, or "forever chemicals", in food-contact packaging and set targets to cut the bloc's waste, especially of oil-derived plastics.
Pesticide manufacturers have voluntarily canceled registrations for products containing paraquat in California — kicking off a statewide phase-out of the controversial herbicide.
As Trump’s agencies shrink, narrow their role, and reduce enforcement, politically connected Energy Transfer is steering a slow cleanup of fuel it spilled into drinking water near the Delaware River.
Amid mounting public concern about data center growth this year, Pennsylvania state lawmakers introduced at least 30 bills to regulate or encourage data center construction.