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Cuba: Microscope installed to study pollution by microplastics

Published on: November 17, 2023
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Cienfuegos, Cuba, Nov 17 (Prensa Latina) Professionals from the Center for Environmental Studies (CEAC) in Cienfuegos, 250 kilometers east of Havana, have installed a Confocal Raman Microscopy, and are training the personnel who will operate it.

Mobile phone use linked to low sperm count in young men

Published on: November 7, 2023
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Washington, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) Male sperm count has fallen by over 50% globally in the last 50 years, leaving researchers scrambling to understand why. Could it be pollution, PFAS and other potential toxins in our food and water, an increase in obesity and chronic disease, or even the ever-present mobile phone?

Marijuana use increases risk of heart attack, heart failure – Study

Published on: November 7, 2023
17:35

Washington, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) Older adults who don’t smoke tobacco but do use marijuana were at higher risk of both heart attack and stroke when hospitalized, while people who use marijuana daily were 34% more likely to develop heart failure, according to two new non-published studies presented Monday at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia.

4.1 million hectares of tropical forests to disappeared in 2022

Published on: November 1, 2023
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Washington, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) Stopping deforestation and forest degradation is vital objective to achieve the survival of ecosystems, according to the Global Forest Watch platform of the World Research Institute.

High level of disinformation detected in social network X

Published on: September 27, 2023
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Brussels, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) The social network X, formerly Twitter, has the highest proportion of disinformation among its peers, according to study by the European Commission (EC) in Spain, Poland and Slovakia.

DPRK reaches new achievements in medical sciences

Published on: September 16, 2023
10:58

Pyongyang, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at the Antibody Engineering Research Center of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have developed a new drug to prevent and treat cancer, KCNA reported Saturday.

Rivers are losing oxygen faster than oceans – Study

Published on: September 14, 2023
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Washington, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) Rivers are getting hotter and losing oxygen, with 70% of rivers becoming oxygen-deprived and more getting warmer.

Earth outside its safe operating space for humanity – Study

Published on: September 14, 2023
17:50

Washington, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) Earth’s climate, biodiversity, land, freshwater, nutrient pollution and “novel” chemicals (human-made compounds like microplastics and nuclear waste) are all out of whack, a group of international scientists said in Thursday's journal Science Advances.

Cancer increased 79% since 1990 in people under 50 years of age

Published on: September 10, 2023
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London, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) The last three decades (1990-2019) show an astonishing 79.1-percent increase in new cases of cancer among people under 50 years of age worldwide, according to a recent research.

ECLAC to launch Economic Study for Latin America and the Caribbean

Published on: September 5, 2023
08:55

Santiago, Chile, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will launch the 2023 Economic Study of Latin America and the Caribbean, which takes stock of the global and regional situation.

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