Jan 26, 2021
Abstract: In ther last decade, there is a dramatic increase in forest wildfires and biomass burning on a global scale consuming millions of square kilometers of forest and cultivated land. Scientists suggest that detailed investigational studies are needed to...
Dec 17, 2020
Abstract. On 31/12/2019, World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan City, China, that was placed under lockdown on the 23 January 2020. But almost half of the population of the city (total 11 million) was already on...
Nov 10, 2020
Abstract. In October 2020, Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier (Max Plank, Berlin) and Prof. Jenniffer Doudna (University of California, Berkeley) were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of a method for genome editing”. For many years genome editing...
Oct 26, 2020
Abstract. Since the pandemic COVID-19 began in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan in China, scientists were wondering why the infectious disease is more deadly in people with obesity, even if they are young. A number of clinical studies have reported that many of the...
Oct 1, 2020
Abstract . Scientists date the “Big Bang” to about 13.8 billion years ago.The solar system was dated at about 4.5-4.6 billion years ago forming the central star, the Sun, and orbiting planets. Planet Earth is unique because it has about 70% of its surface covered with...
Sep 2, 2020
Abstract. Water is essential to human life and health. Safe drinking water from contamination and readily available in houses and working places is a fundamental health factor to humans, but also connected with longevity, economic growth and reduction of poverty....
Aug 5, 2020
Abstract. Malaria has prehistoric origin as a lethal human infectious disease. At about 10,000 years ago, malaria disease started having a major impact on human survival, coinciding with the start of civilization of agriculture in the Neolithic revolution. Malaria can...
Jul 16, 2020
Abstract. Globalization of tourism in the last decade has been one of the most fast expanding and profitable economic sector in many countries. Inevitably, the recreational use of coastal waters has increased dramatically all over the world. In 2018 there were a...
Jul 1, 2020
Abstract The history of vaccines and immunization to combat infectious diseases goes back many centuries. Chinese employed smallpox inoculation as early as the 16th century. But the scientific history of the creation of the world’s first vaccine for smallpox started...
Jun 11, 2020
Abstract. COVID-19 lockdowns worldwide in 2020 have resulted in dramatic reductions of emissions from closed factories, reduced vehicular road traffic, shut down of airline flights and other activities using fossil fuels. In most countries with increasing numbers of...
