This study investigated how host genetics and early-life environmental exposures influence the infant gut microbiota during the first year of life and its association with childhood asthma and allergic diseases by age 5 years. The researchers found that specific gut microbial changes and network clusters were associated with increased or decreased risk of asthma, wheeze, atopic dermatitis, and food/inhalant sensitization, with some associations being sex-specific

This study examined how air pollution exposure affects asthma treatment effectiveness in Black children by reanalyzing data from the AsthmaNet BARD clinical trial. The researchers found that children with lower nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exposure had significantly better lung function improvements when treated with high-dose inhaled corticosteroids plus long-acting ?-agonists compared to children with higher NO2 exposure. The findings suggest that residential air pollution exposure, particularly NO2, may reduce the effectiveness of standard asthma treatments in Black children, highlighting the need to consider environmental factors in asthma management strategies.

This study investigated social, cultural, and environmental barriers to renewable energy (RE) adoption in Africa and found diverse, affordable payment schemes boost RE adoption rates.

Using learning curve models and counterfactual inference, esearchers quantify their respective contributions to the decline in total installed cost of wind and PV power.

Researchers assess the critical mineral demand required to meet sustainability goals using a bottom-up, scenario-based approach and examine how mineral bottlenecks affect sub-technology choices.

This study outlines a two-stage sequential optimization framework in which the first stage optimizes the social welfare of the agricultural and bioenergy sectors, and the second stage incorporates the land-use change from bioenergy development to examine the regional solar energy capacity.

This paper examines how climate change and environmental factors impact rheumatic diseases, introducing the concept of planetary health and the exposome as frameworks for understanding these interconnections.

Pressurized metered-dose inhalers contribute substantially to the health care sector's carbon footprint due to hydrofluorocarbon propellants, whereas dry powder inhalers (DPI) have a lower environmental impact. This study compares asthma treatment strategies by assessing both clinical effectiveness and carbon emissions, demonstrating that as-needed budesonide/formoterol DPI is more environmentally sustainable and clinically comparable with other treatments.

This perspective explores the idea of the “Earth Grid,” which proposes an intercontinental electric grid facilitated by three technological advancements: enhanced information and communication technology (ICT) applications in the electric grid, development of inter-country grids for power-sharing, and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) for efficient operation and maintenance.

The chemical industry must undergo a dual transformation: electrifying energy use and defossilizing carbon feedstocks. This paper, developed by ENGIEs Scientific Council, examines how energy and chemistry can converge to enable this shift.