Science

National Institutes of Health award $11.7 million to university to spearhead project comparing narcotic and non-narcotic pain medicine treatments

University researchers will examine possible associations between PFAS-contaminated drinking water and cancer as part of a federally funded health study.

The lifting of the injunction at the sinkhole site isn’t a final green light for Mariner East.

The drug, called Palforzia, was developed by California startup Aimmune Therapeutics to be taken daily in a regimen known as oral immunotherapy.

Residents in affected Bucks and Montgomery County communities will be eligible for blood testing as part of a national study on the effects of PFAS.

StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Susan Phillips sat down with Pomerance and asked him what he wants people to know right now.

More than 90% of the loss can be attributed to just a dozen bird families, including sparrows, blackbirds and finches.

Here are five commonly used myths and the real science that debunks them.

Upstream Alliance, an environmental group, organized last weekend’s event to show that the stretch between Philly and Camden is safe to float in — sometimes.

The salt marsh mosquito was once nicknamed the “New Jersey state bird.” But changing conditions are shifting concern from that mosquito to others.

StateImpact Pa. signed on to “Covering Climate Now,” an effort that describes itself as “aimed at strengthening the media’s focus on the climate crisis.”

The survey found that New Jersey bald eagles registered the highest recorded number of active nests and young fledged.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said heavy rain caused the hole, and that there was no contamination or environmental impact.

The conversation ranged from how to engage vulnerable populations, to the ways in which people of color are left out of climate conversations.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is putting out the call on its 100th anniversary to name an exoplanet and its star.