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Vaping among ex-smokers grows sharply as disposable e-cigarettes take hold

News Medical Health Sciences

Vaping among ex-smokers in England surged from 2% in 2013 to over 20% in 2024, driven by younger demographics and disposable e-cigarettes, raising questions about health implications and smoking relapse.

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Non-stop flight: 4,200 km transatlantic flight of the Painted Lady butterfly mapped

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

In October 2013 a researcher made a surprising discovery of Painted Lady Butterflies on the Atlantic beaches of French Guiana -- a species not typically found in South America. This unusual sighting prompted an international study to investigate the origin of these butterflies.

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Stricter toxic chemical rules reduce Californians’ exposures

Environmental Health News

For example, levels of BPA, which has been used in plastic, thermal receipt paper and food can linings, decreased in people’s bodies after the chemical was listed under Prop 65 in 2013, but levels of bisphenol-S (BPS), a similar chemical linked to many of the same health effects, increased in people’s bodies.

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Frontiers for Young Minds: Chinese speakers are the latest audience to access high-quality science for kids 

Frontiers

Since its launch in 2013, the journal has received published articles from over 3,400 authors which have been reviewed by over 6,500 young reviewers from 65 countries worldwide. All research published in Frontiers for Young Minds is based on evidence-based scientific research and has seen considerable success to date.

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Five Nobel Prize winners publish scientific article collection for children

Frontiers

Computer Simulations in Service of Biology , written by Michael Levitt , awarded The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013. The Frontiers for Young Minds journal launched in 2013. Grid cells in the brain , written by May-Britt Moser , awarded The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014. Kornberg , awarded The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006.

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Celebrating 10 million views of kid-friendly science!

Frontiers

From its launch in autumn 2013 with just a handful of articles, Frontiers for Young Minds started to grow steadily. The journal has reached a huge global audience with its freely-available scientific articles, all written for – and edited by – young people. — By Jenny Lycett. Small Beginnings.

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Study is first to show that air pollutants increase risk of painful periods for women

Frontiers

Based on long-term data on air quality and public health from national databases, they show that the risk to develop dysmenorrhea over a period of 13 years (2000-2013) was up to 33 times higher among Taiwanese women and girls who lived in areas with the highest levels of air pollutants compared to their peers exposed to lower levels of pollutants.