Image Repackaged cancer drug boosts delivery to tumors, improves combination therapies Aug. 21, 2025 University of Arizona researchers devised a new method to deliver cancer chemotherapy drugs to pancreatic and breast cancer tumors more effectively and with less damage to healthy tissues than standard forms of chemotherapy. Read more
Image Google Wants You to Know the Environmental Cost of Quizzing Its AI Aug. 21, 2025 The tech giant has released details on the colossal amount of power required to respond to our everyday AI queries. Read more
Image “Climate Code Red” – A Summer of Learning Aug. 20, 2025 Curriculum on extreme heat and health impacts designed for youth helps educate and inform. Read more
Image Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying Aug. 17, 2025 The U.S. Forest Service has fought decades of efforts to better protect its crews — sending them into smoke without masks or warnings about the risks. Read more
Image Exposure to some common Pfas changes gene activity, new study finds Aug. 15, 2025 Research on how PFAS impact gene activity. Read more
Image $3.8M NIH grant will fund research into potential early COPD biomarker Aug. 14, 2025 A new study will investigate whether levels of the lung protein CC16 in childhood can predict risk of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease later in life. Read more
Image New EPA data show more towns have PFAS in their water. Is yours one? Aug. 14, 2025 The EPA is nearing the end of the largest PFAS testing initiative it’s undertaken – a three-year effort that requires most public drinking water systems serving at least 3,300 customers to sample and report measurements for several types of forever chemicals. Read more
Image EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren’t dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here’s what they say Aug. 11, 2025 The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution.’' Read more