"Air pollution has been linked to a swathe of lung cancer-driving DNA mutations, in a study of people diagnosed with the disease despite never having smoked tobacco.
The findings from an investigation into cancer patients around the world helps explain why those who have never smoked make up a rising proportion of people developing the cancer, a trend the researchers called an “urgent and growing global problem”.
Prof Ludmil Alexandrov, a senior author on the study at the University of California in San Diego, said researchers had observed the “problematic trend” but had not understood the cause.
“Our research shows that air pollution is strongly associated with the same types of DNA mutations we typically associate with smoking,” he said.
The scientists analysed the entire genetic code of lung tumours removed from 871 never-smokers in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia as part of the Sherlock-Lung study. They found that the higher the levels of air pollution in a region, the more cancer-driving and cancer-promoting mutations were present in residents’ tumours.
Fine-particulate air pollution was in particular linked to mutations in the TP53 gene. These have previously been associated with tobacco smoking."
Russia carried out a massive combined overnight strike on Ukraine, launching 18 missiles, including ballistic ones, and approximately 400 attack drones, nearly 200 of which were Shahed-type. — Ukrinform.
"Sono grato a Giorgia Meloni e all'Italia per la leadership nel sostenere l'Ucraina e per aver organizzato la grande Conferenza internazionale per la ripresa dell'Ucraina. Il livello di decisioni e incontri è davvero elevato. (ANSA)
Si muovono in ordine sparso le principali borse europee con gli indici Usa contrastati, mentre proseguono i negoziati sui dazi. Milano (-0,6%) è la peggiore, preceduta da Madrid (-0,5%). (ANSA)
Pope Leo XIV and President Zelensky held a meeting.
The Pope suggested that Zelensky hold negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in the Vatican.
During the meeting, they also discussed the return of Ukrainian children who were illegally taken to Russia. "I am very grateful to His Holiness for this meeting and, of course, for his help—both spiritual and practical," the president said after meeting with Pope Leo XIV. #AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Zelensky
Il premier britannico Keir Starmer e il presidente francese Emmanuel Macron hanno sollecitato i partner della cosiddetta coalizione dei volenterosi a intensificare "le pressioni" sul presidente Vladimir Putin per spingere la Russia a negoziare la pac…
D’après une source judiciaire, les prêteurs officiellement enregistrés dans les comptes de campagne de plusieurs candidats ne seraient en réalité que des faux nez de Pierre-Edouard Stérin. En remontant la piste des flux financiers, notamment grâce à un travail de la cellule de renseignement financier Tracfin, les policiers ont découvert que l’argent officiellement prêté aux candidats provenait en réalité du milliardaire par le biais d’un empilement de prêts. lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/artic…
Selon les informations du « Monde », l’investisseur a été entendu en juin 2024 par la justice pour son rôle présumé dans un système de prêts électoraux en 2020 et en 2021.
Hello mon fédiréseau ! Qui parmi vous connaîtrait une agence #web #opensource, sur Paris et sa région, capable de faire de la #maintenance corrective et évolutive sur un site web existant codé avec le #CMS #Strapi ? Le dev actuel a un peu codé avec les pieds apparemment. Le repouet rend le poil soyeux.
Le Psammodrome d'Edwards (Psammodromus edwarsianus) Spanish Psammodromus est un lézard de très petite taille, considéré comme le plus petit de France avec l'algyroïde de Fitzinger. Originaire de la péninsule ibérique, il remonte le long du littoral méditerranéen jusqu'en Provence en France. Ce lézard fréquente les milieux très ouverts à végétation basse et clairsemée. Il se rencontre donc typiquement dans les milieux dunaires et les garrigues. Du fait de sa taille et de sa relative discrétion, il passe très facilement inaperçu. #nature #naturephotography #reptiles #lezard
A 22-year-old police corporal, an officer with the Kyiv Metro Police, was killed during a Russian air attack on the capital overnight on July 10. — Ukrinform.
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Polish President Andrzej Duda claimed that Zelensky had never heard of the Volyn massacre until he personally told him. “He said, ‘Andrzej, this is the first I’m hearing about the mass killings of Poles in Volyn. We weren’t taught about it in school,’” Duda recounted.
As a result of a massive overnight attack carried out by Russian forces, damage to residential buildings and fires were reported in Kyiv region. One man was injured. — Ukrinform.
Il ministro della Giustizia respinge le accuse e le richieste di dimissioni in Senato: “Tutta la verità è già stata detta. Nessuna intenzione di lasciare: hic manebimus optime” «Siamo in dirittura …
Good afternoon. It's 4PM, Thursday, 10th July. The headlines: The #UK and #France discuss a migrant pact at a summit. In the US, HIV patients are at risk from USAID budget reductions. Lavrov met Rubio in Moscow over #Ukraine tensions. Macron and Starmer will head a Ukraine summit amid #Russia's nocturnal #Kyiv assault. Israeli attacks in #Gaza have left 52 dead, among them children. #BBC #News
19th century braiding machine making ricrac In the 1860s, rickrack (yes, it's spelled both ways), was known as waved crochet braid or waved lace braid.
On July 9, Ukrainian forces engaged in 201 combat clashes with Russian invaders, with more than a third of them recorded in the Pokrovsk sector. — Ukrinform.
Le eSIM sono tra noi, come i baccelloni provenienti dallo spazio. Non sono un modo veloce per cambiare il fornitore di telefonia, ma un nuovo ed insidioso strumento di tecnocontrollo.
I really resonated with: "I think I’m less interested in my own happiness (whatever that means) than I am interested in doing work that feels worth doing" - @mipsytipsy reflects on her career
I’ve never published an essay quite like this. I’ve written about my life before, reams of stuff actually, because that’s how I process what I think, but never for public consumption. I’ve been pus…
#FromOuterspace Entre enquêtes et perquisitions, le RN de Marine Le Pen “de plus en plus acculé” courrierinternational.com/arti… "Mercredi 9 juillet, le siège du Rassemblement national a été perquisitionné par la police dans le cadre d’une enquête portant sur des soupçons de financement illicite du parti. La presse internationale y voit un énième revers pour celle qui se rêve
Mercredi 9 juillet, le siège du Rassemblement national a été perquisitionné par la police dans le cadre d’une enquête portant sur des soupçons de financement illicite du parti.
Kateryna is a brilliant scientist who I first got to know via @PolarRES - she works on internal wave breaking in the ocean and how that can lead to #ice melt. She has also been organising meet a scientist sessions for #Ukraine's school age diaspora since the invasion
fediscience.org/@OceanIceEU/11… OceanIceEU - 🆕 Check out our latest 'Researcher in the Spotlight' feature on Kateryna Terletska, a researcher in OCEAN ICE
Kateryna, please introduce yourself. I’m Kateryna Terletska, and I am a researcher. Tell us about your professional and academic career before becoming part of the OCEAN ICE community.
A Rotterdam court sentences a Russian to three years in prison for breaching international sanctions by sharing sensitive ASML info with someone in Russia (Mike Corder/Associated Press)
@antanicus Se andate a fare un giro nei magazzini di forniture per ristorazione (di solito accessi solo con partita IVA, fatevi prestare una tessera!) troverete cose assurde, tipo maionese e ketchup nei secchi che si usano di solito per la pittura murale e cose simili.
Kateryna, please introduce yourself. I’m Kateryna Terletska, and I am a researcher. Tell us about your professional and academic career before becoming part of the OCEAN ICE community.
Friends, do me a favor and walk around the block wherever you live. Do you see any contractor stamps in the concrete sidewalk or driveways? How many?
I’m wondering if #Oakland has more of these than anywhere else, or if it’s just my proximity bias.
Since the start of the pandemic, @laureola and I have been taking (almost) daily walks, sometimes seeking a new East Bay street so I can shoot more stamps. There are now over 1,000 photos in the album.
Think that’s crazy? Andrew Alden surveyed every street in the city, both sides, shooting over 3,000 photos for Oakland Underfoot: oaklandunderfoot.com/about/
This blog began in 2008 as a collection of dated sidewalk markings in the city of Oakland. It also includes marks by makers who did not date their work. I’m Andrew Alden, hopefully better kno…
I have just uploaded episode 6 of the Raised Beaches Podcast, a podcast about paleoclimate and global change. The deep dive is on CO₂ changes through time. I also discuss some of my recent activities related to Earth science, including a trip to Mt. Aso volcano and the Japan Geoscience Union conference. I give a bit of a lament over the cuts to science in the United States and elsewhere. I also discuss my recently published paper on changes to the Eastern Asian monsoon due to sea level changes in the past.
Raised Beaches Podcast: Episode 6The deep dive of episode 6 is on the topic of CO2 changes through time. For a full list of references, see the post on my website: https://raisedbeaches.net/2025/07/10/raised-beaches-podcast-episode-6/Listen here: ...
Gowan et al (2025) - Impact of topographic change on the East Asian monsoon in Japan and Eastern Asia during the Last Glacial Maximum: doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-006…
@GhostOnTheHalfShell I am not really sure I understand some of what you said, but determining what atmospheric CO2 would be prior to the evolution of foraminifera would be incredibly difficult. Even with foraminifera, you only get an indirect measure of atmospheric CO2 levels via the pH of the ocean water (which affects the chemistry of the foraminifera). CO2 was probably comparable to present during the Carboniferous ice age, but generally during the past 500 million years it was higher than now.
Prior to the evolution of life with carbonate shells and subaerial plants, I would assume that atmospheric CO2 would be higher than the Phanerozoic because there were fewer biological processes to sequester it, and it could only really be removed via chemical erosion processes. Although there are some Precambrian hydrocarbon reservoirs, they are not that significant compared to after the explosion of life in the Cambrian.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell I still don't fully understand your posts. If you are using a machine translation, you should understand that it is not doing a good job.
I am aware of estimates of Precambrian CO2, but these are fraught with large uncertainty. The conditions of the Earth were so different then, that it is not really any more relevant to the present than understanding the impacts of CO2 on Venus and Mars.
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