From the air that we breathe to the water that we drink, the environment plays an important, crucial role in determining our well-being. However, concerns about environmental factors and human health ...

Human perceptions hold the key to the future of solar geoengineering and other approaches to cool our warming planet.

Tim Considine, a University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources professor of energy economics, recently contributed an article to the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource ...

Wildfire-induced deterioration of air quality leads to a substantial increase in indoor activities, fostering conditions conducive to transmission of airborne disease.

Parabens (PBs), especially propylparaben, commonly used in consumer products, pose environmental and health concerns. This study explored propylparaben’s cytotoxicity on HTR-8/SVneo human trophoblast ...

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Twin studies can help geneticists determine whether some trait or condition is caused by the environment, or by genetics... | ...

Animal conservationists often move elephants between herds to improve biodiversity and group health, but what if the elephants don't speak the same language?

How much a particular gene gets expressed continually rises and falls, depending on the needs of a cell at any given time. It's like adjusting the lighting of a room until it's just right for your ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Gene expression, where cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce proteins, has been thought of as a dimmer light. How much a particular gene gets expressed ...

Study reveals ‘switch-like’ behavior for hundreds of genes with links to human disease Most genes express at varying levels, but switch-like genes are only highly expressed or lowly expressed ...

When the health of the environment is undermined, it can affect other human rights, such as the rights to health, life, food, water, livelihoods, culture, security, and dignity. 60,62 Infringement of ...