Scientists are pushing back on warnings that microplastics damage your health, saying people are just obese and calling some studies ‘a joke’

Some scientists are saying previous studies warning of the damage microplastics may cause are exaggerated and are false positives triggered by human fat.

Extreme heat waves trigger unexpected nanoparticle formation in air

Tiny aerosol particles in the air play a big role in regulating how much sunlight our planet absorbs or reflects, and how clouds form above us. In a recent study, researchers found that extreme heat ...
San Mateo Daily Journal

Scientists change how El Nino is labeled to keep up with spike in temperature

El Nino warps weather worldwide. Meteorologists say the natural El Nino cycle is both adding to and feeling the heat of a warming world. A new study says a shift ...
Communications of the ACM

Working Together and Working at a Distance

Today, we know a lot about distance work and how to make it work. Thirty years of federally funded research brought ...

Particles don't always go with the flow (and why that matters)

It is commonly assumed that tiny particles just go with the flow as they make their way through soil, biological tissue, and other complex materials. But a team of Yale researchers led by Professor ...

Stopping fatal blood loss with clay

Traumatic injury is the third leading cause of death in the state of Texas, surpassing strokes, Alzheimer's disease and diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A massive ...

HIV entry blocker pairs CD4 mimic and antibody, showing sevenfold higher efficacy

Drug conjugates (ADCs) developed at Institute of Science Tokyo combine a CD4 mimic with neutralizing antibodies for enhanced suppression of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. By targeting ...
Tech Xplore

New 3D-printing and manufacturing techniques grant more control over energetic material behavior

Much like baking the perfect cake involves following a list of ingredients and instructions, manufacturing energetic materials—explosives, pyrotechnics and propellants—requires precise formulations, ...
Northern Virginia Daily

Study ties particle pollution from wildfire smoke to 24,100 US deaths per year

Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study. The paper, published Wednesday in the journal ...
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Lens Distortions shows how to add snow and rain effects

Film expert Patrick Tomasso shows how to add realistic snow and rain effects to photos using Lens Distortions. New message regarding Nancy Guthrie, Arizona police say Ex-MLB outfielder Yasiel Puig ...
GitHub

Assetto Corsa Particle Effects

Particle Effects is a helper app for adding particle effects to tracks in Assetto Corsa. There's no guarantee everything will work as expected when using the cutting edge "nightly" code here since I ...
PC Gamer

Minecraft's Mounts of Mayhem update has launched a DLC to add more trials that put your skills to the test, but most importantly it adds particle effects for when you're riding ...

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