[…] connected to deaths of sea otters and other critically endangered wildlife Stockholm, Sweden, June 5, 2022As the world celebrates World Environment Day, a study from the University of California, Davis, reveals that microplastics can carry land-based pathogens to the oceans, posing a threat to the health of humans and wildlife alike. Bluewater, a world-leading innovator of water purification solutions designed to end the need for single-use plastic bottles, said the study’s findings […] weiterlesen …
[…] Finds Unexpected Protective Properties of Pain Work in mice illuminates how pain neurons shield the gut from damage Pain has been long recognized as one of evolution’s most reliable tools to detect the presence of harm and signal that something is wrong—an alert system that tells us to pause and pay attention to our bodies. But what if pain is more than a mere alarm bell? What if pain is in itself a form of protection?A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School suggests that […] weiterlesen …
[…] for Sensing Technologies to Contribute to Smart Agriculture (Restoration of Agricultural Land in Tohoku): Power of Soil Sensors to Facilitate the Acquisition of Big Data in Agriculture The temperature and the sea level are rising due to climate change. That is causing droughts to increase. On the other hand, damage from heavy rains is also increasing. These problems have various negative impacts on oceans and land around the world. Above all, the negative impact on the soil is damaging […] weiterlesen …
[…] D Metabolism is a Decisive Factor in the Severe Course of Infections As part of the immunological acute phase reaction, the vitamin D level drops for a short time drastically (quote from Prof. Martin Smollich, DAZ 41/2020). When Prof. Smollich coined this sentence in 2020, he was probably not aware of how crucial this statement is for the course of a Covid 19 infection, but also for other infections. One could conclude from the sentence that the vitamin D level drops only once and after a few […] weiterlesen …