“EFSA’s recent risk assessments of PFAS, based on epideminological studies, concluded that PFAS affects the immune system at exceptionally low levels of exposure.

A study published in Addiction looks at the use of GLP-1 receptor agonists (Ozempic) for opioid and alcohol addiction. Prof Matt Field, Professor of Psychology, University of Sheffield, said: ...

“The current study studied more than 3 million pregnancies, making it very large by current standards. Importantly, they found no increase in birth defects when men took metformin. This allows us to ...

A study published in JAMA looks at the use of Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine Systems and breast cancer risk. Prof Amy Berrington, de Gonzalez, Professor of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology, The ...

Rapid Reactions: responding to breaking news. The demands of the 24-hour media machine mean that news journalists often don’t have the luxury of time to track down the best scientists when a science ...

Our Future Health has now reached a critical milestone with over a million people from across the UK having completed all steps of the joining process. This makes it now the largest longitudinal ...

“With many people and places experiencing year on year record temperatures around the globe in the last decade, it is very human to assume global warming is accelerating or ‘surging’. However, through ...

Dr Ian Johnson, Nutrition researcher and Emeritus Fellow, Quadram Institute, said: “The term “ultra-processed food” (UPF) encompasses a very broad and poorly defined category of manufactured food ...

A new report from the National Engineering Policy Centre, led by the Royal Academy of Engineering, examines how we can reduce our demand for critical materials and therefore our dependency on imports ...

Dr Meilan Huang, Senior Lecturer at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen’s University Belfast, said: “It’s really exciting news David Baker’s Rosetta and Google Deepmind’s Alphafold ...

A study published in the Lancet Regional Health – Europe looks at food processing and the risk of type 2 diabetes. Prof Janet Cade, Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health, University ...

“The storm surge brought about by Milton is (or was) the main worry. Wind speeds did cause considerable damage, but not to the extent that Cat 4 or 5 storms would have. Tampa in particular did escape ...