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Leo is a science writer with a focus on environmental and food research. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Newcastle University and a master's degree in science communication from the University of Edinburgh.
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Canada Must Resist US Health Misinformation, Says CMAJ
Writing in the latest edition of the journal, the editors argue that the Trump administration’s recent dismantling of public health and research infrastructure “pose[s] immediate and long-term risks to the health of neighboring countries”.
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The Technique That Can Distinguish Up-Market Floral Honey
Is the high-end world of honey rife with fraud? One research team has developed a test to help determine just that.
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How AI Is Reducing Food Waste
Technology Networks speaks to some of the new AI-powered pioneers targeting food waste.
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NSF Awards Its First PFAS-Free Certification to FOODLUBE
The industrial lubricant manufacturer ROCOL has become the first company in the world to receive a PFAS-free certification from NSF International.
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PFAS Hotspot Found in Glasgow River
Rivers across all four nations of the UK are contaminated with a type of forever chemical, according to a new study.
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Wildtype’s Cultivated Salmon Becomes First of Its Kind To Receive FDA Approval
The vat-grown seafood joins two other cultivated meat products, from UPSIDE Foods and Eat Just’s GOOD Meat, respectively, to mark the third cultivated protein to enter the US market.
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Microplastic-Fed Mice Develop Glucose Intolerance
According to Amy Parkhurst, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Davis, micro- and nanoplastics could be damaging our livers and increasing our chances of developing glucose intolerance.
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More Evidence That Seeds Oils Reduce Chance of Cardiac Disease
According to new research due to be presented at Nutrition 2025, linoleic acid, a key component of seed oils, may help to lower risks for heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
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Modeling Tauopathy: How New Mouse Models Could Help Map Alzheimer’s Disease
While amyloid-beta has been a central focus in drug development, increasing evidence points to tau pathology as a more accurate predictor of disease progression. This is where the work of Dr. Naoto Watamura could be vital.
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How the Danish National Genome Center Uses Patients’ Genomic Data
Catching up at the Nordic Precision Medicine Forum 2025 in Stockholm, Technology Networks spoke to Astrid Pedersen, special advisor at the Danish National Genome Center, to learn more about the initiative’s work.
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