Cancer Alley residents may finally see environmental justice
Marginalized groups suffer the most from corporate pollution. Many of those affected lack the resources to fight...
LEED-Platinum Knight Cancer Research Building champions “team science”
In Portland’s South Waterfront, the Knight Cancer Research Building at Oregon Health & Science University...
EPA backs the use of toxic herbicide chemical glyphosate
The toxic chemical glyphosate, a common herbicide, has been found to be a threat to public health and a recognized...
Court orders Monsanto to pay $289 million in cancer trial
Agrochemical company Monsanto has been ordered to pay $289 million to school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson, who...
California man files lawsuit against Monsanto for allegedly hiding dangers of glyphosate
In a monumental trial, DeWayne Johnson will soon become the first person to face Monsanto in court for an alleged...
New research links LED streetlights to increased risk of cancer
Researchers at the University of Exeter and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health have concluded that there...
Scientists are launching human trials for a cancer 'vaccine' that cured 97% of tumors in mice
Scientists at Stanford University are currently preparing the first human test of a cancer "vaccine," a treatment...
Breast cancer spread connected to amino acid in asparagus
Scientists have linked the spread of the disease breast cancer in mice to a compound that's in asparagus and several...
Glowing Maggie’s Center by Steven Holl Architects opens in London
Just in time for the holidays, Steven Holl Architects completed the latest Maggie’s Center, a building the U.S....
Scientists use banana skins to develop new cancer detection technique
Bananas are quite a magical fruit and they've been used for everything from "vegan leather" for wallets to durable bioplastics...
This tiny device can scan for skin cancer at a fraction of the current cost
sKan is an inexpensive device that can detect skin cancer at its early stages. The device creates heat maps to...
Stanford's new ‘accelerator on a chip’ could revolutionize medical care
Researchers at Stanford University are developing a linear accelerator that is the size of a chip — instead of...
Japanese ‘mutant’ chickens are laying eggs with cancer-fighting drugs
Most people eat chicken eggs for their high protein content and healthy fats - but in the future eggs could ward...
Scientists develop tiny robots that drill into cancer cells to kill them
Tiny new robots are proving to be life-saving tools in the fight against cancer. As first reported in the journal...
Hurricane Harvey damaged ExxonMobil refineries, causing hazardous pollutants to leak
After Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Texas last weekend, you probably didn’t think the situation could...
