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An international group of 35 scientists, including IRES’s Gunilla Öberg, is calling out conflicts of interest plaguing global plastic treaty negotiations and that have interfered with timely action on other health and environmental issues.

An analysis of beeswax in managed honeybee hives in New York finds a wide variety of pesticide, herbicide and fungicide residues, exposing current and future generations of bees to long-term toxicity.

A significant breakthrough in developing a passive radiative cooling (PRC) material has been announced by researchers at City University of Hong Kong (CityU).

When scientists examined pellets from recycled plastic collected in 13 countries they found hundreds of toxic chemicals, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals.

Researchers have pieced together the magnitude of Greenland's glacier retreat, by combining satellite images with historical aerial photographs.

Rotifers, a kind of microscopic zooplankton common in both fresh and ocean water around the world, are able to chew apart microplastics, breaking them down into nanoplastics.

Researchers present a novel experimental system for simultaneous measurement of dynamic mechanical properties and X-ray computed tomography.

Trapping a material's electrons in a "flat band" may induce behaviors including superconductivity and unique forms of magnetism. A new study has trapped electrons in pure crystal for the first time.

Researchers identify a membrane transporter in rice that regulates the accumulation and localization of silicon in the leaves.

New research from the University of Cincinnati found that daily strawberry consumption could help reduce the risk of dementia for certain middle-aged populations.