Punitive demolition of homes, shops an ‘aggravated’ human rights violation, U.N. expert tells SC

Authorities demolish the house of an accused in a rape-murder case in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh in 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI United Nations

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ICOMOS expert visits Gingee Fort nominated for World Heritage Site tag

A team from UNESCO visiting the Gingee fort in Villupuram district nominated for the UNESCO World Heritage Site tag on Friday. | Photo Credit: S.S.

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Environmental Factor – December 2020: DNA Repair special issue honors renowned expert Sam Wilson

Wilson and his collaborators have published hundreds of scientific papers on DNA repair pathways and related topics. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw) A special issue

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Environmental Factor – August 2021: To study metabolome, a hybrid approach is needed, expert says

Although the human genome and proteome — our complete set of genes and proteins, respectively — are well studied by scientists, the metabolome is not.

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Environmental Factor – September 2021: Focusing on solutions makes research more relevant to public, expert says

Focusing research on solutions instead of problems enables scientists to make their findings more relevant to the public, according to Jessie Buckley, Ph.D. She spoke

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Environmental Factor – September 2021: Good nutrition can help counter effects of contaminants, expert says

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) Historically, NIEHS has dedicated the bulk of its resources to studying

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Environmental Factor – March 2022: Exposure to airborne PCBs an ongoing challenge, expert says

Hornbuckle leads a team of interdisciplinary researchers focused on identifying sources of airborne PCBs and how they affect human health. (Photo courtesy of the University

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Environmental Factor – April 2022: Environmental exposures underpin many metabolic diseases, expert says

When NIEHS grantee Lida Chatzi, M.D., Ph.D., ran a clinic for childhood obesity in Crete, Greece, more than a decade ago, she was struck by

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Environmental Factor – May 2022: Scientific moonshot: Now is the time to sequence RNA, expert says

Rick Woychik, Ph.D., directs NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program. (Image courtesy of NIEHS) Almost two decades have passed since the first sequence of a

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Environmental Factor – August 2022: Toxic agents can target mitochondria, influence disease, expert says

Environmental pollution is a major global health problem, responsible for approximately nine million premature deaths per year, according to a recent publication in The Lancet

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