The world’s whitest paint — seen in this year’s edition of Guinness World Records and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” — keeps surfaces so cool that it could reduce the need for air conditioning. Now the Purdue University researchers who created the paint have developed a new formulation that is thinner and lighter — … Read more
A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation, has found that exposure to phthalates in the womb is associated with reduced lung function during childhood. The findings of the study, published in Environmental Pollution , support the European Union’s current restrictions on the use … Read more
An analysis of sediments from five North Carolina lakes near coal-burning power plants has found that coal ash pollution of surface waters has been more persistent and widespread than was previously known. The findings, from scientists at Duke University and Appalachian State University, show that large quantities of coal ash have been transferred and deposited … Read more