Emily Smith

Environment 14 June 2019 Keele University is experimenting with hydrogen as a natural gas replacementMark Waugh/Alamy Stock Photo By Adam VaughanThere is no reason why the UK cannot safely switch from using natural gas to using hydrogen for heating, power and industry in order to meet climate change goals, engineers have said. But a report…

Most Ebola cases are never detectedREUTERS/Baz Ratner By Ruby Prosser ScullyAt least half of all Ebola outbreaks may have gone unrecognised, and more surveillance is needed to identify them early, before they get out of control. Those are the conclusions of a new analysis involving data from the largest Ebola outbreak in history. Ebola is…

Health 13 June 2019 The key to improving Parkinson’s therapies lies in the gutChrisChrisW/Getty By Adam VaughanThe main drug used by millions of people with Parkinson’s disease could be made more effective and have its side effects limited, new research into gut bacteria and enzymes suggests. Levodopa is used to treat many of the symptoms…

Noise pollution can impair attainment at schoolmixmotive/Getty By Adam VaughanUS schoolchildren from ethnic minority or poorer backgrounds are much more likely to be exposed to noise pollution from cars and planes, the first effort to map the problem has found. While white pupils make up around half of the country’s 50 million schoolchildren, only 35…

Health 13 June 2019 GettyBy Adam Vaughan Spending just 2 hours a week in green spaces such as parks, woodlands and fields has been linked with people feeling healthier and happier. The health benefits of being out in nature have been well-documented and will seem common sense to many of us, but until now no…

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Space 12 June 2019 Europa has a salty ocean below its surfaceNASA/JPL/DLR By Leah CraneJupiter’s moon Europa is salty. Sodium chloride or table salt spotted on its surface could mean that its buried ocean has a composition similar to Earth’s and is therefore good for life. We’ve known for a long time that Europa had…

Humans 12 June 2019 The original way to smoke cannabisXinhua Wu By Michael Le PageCannabis is often promoted as all-natural. Yet in fact wild marihuana isn’t psychoactive and people did not start growing mutant strains that could make them high until relatively recently – not long before 2500 years ago. So say a team of…