Environmental stress is a two-way street: we stress the environment, and the environment stresses us. Factors such as air pollution, water quality, and climate change can significantly affect our ...

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million grant to Purdue University’s Gyeong Mee Yoon to research how plants acclimate to environmental stress. Her findings could have implications ...

The gentle hum of fluorescent lights overhead. The persistent ping of notifications from your smartphone. The subtle scent of cleaning products lingering in your office. These seemingly innocuous ...

Grey reef sharks are having to abandon the coral reefs they call home in the face of warming oceans, new research finds. Scientists, using a combination of satellite remote sensing and a network of ...

Although Tracy Ainsworth had visited Australia’s Great Barrier Reef many times over the past decade, when she arrived in January 2020 it quickly became clear that something was different. During that ...

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Stress affects up to 90 percent of people, and we know it harms our mental and physical well-being. Stress can impact the activity and function of our genes. It does this via “epigenetic” changes, ...

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