When youre on the fence about going with a humongous TV or a projector setup, a great in-between would be going with an ultra-short-throw projector. Designed to sit just inches away from a wall or projector screen, UST projectors are easy to put together and also portable enough to travel with. While we were vetting through projector deals, we came across a fantastic offer on a UST product from Epson:Right now, when you purchase the Epson LS800 UST Projector at Amazon, Best Buy, Crutchfield, and a handful of other retailers, youll only pay $3,000. The full MSRP on this model is $3,500, and this is the lowest price its hit since the 2024 holiday season. Score this projector sale while you still can!Requiring no more than seven inches of clearance to project up to a 120-inch image, the Epson LS800 delivers the kind of towering, crystal-clear picture youd expect to see at a movie theater. The 4,000-lumen laser light, combined with the LS800s three LCD chips, brings bright and colorful visuals to all movies, shows, and video games. Its hard to beat the kind of 4K picture the LS800 is capable of, and you can expect up to 20,000 lamp life hours out of this bad boy, too!RelatedWith its 2,500,000:1 contrast ratio and HDR10 support, youll experience little in the way of light bloom during darker scenes. Were also glad to see that Epson spent time on audio. The onboard Yamaha 2.1 speaker configuration may not be a full-on surround system, but it more than gets the job done.The LS800 features numerous HDMI ports, too, along with USB-A connections, a 3.5mm auxiliary, and the ability to stream content via Android TV when connected to 2.4GHz or 5GHz Wi-Fi. We wish we knew how long this sale was going to last, but were truly not sure when this discount will disappear. So, its best to take advantage of this deal ASAP.Save $500 on the Epson LS800 UST Projector when you purchase today. We also recommend taking a look at our lists of the best 85-inch TV deals and best TV deals for additional markdowns on top AV gear!Editors Recommendations

Stephen Kings killer dog is heading to streaming.Per Deadline, Netflix will turnCujo, Kings bestselling novel, into a new movie. Roy Lee, one of the producers on Barbarian, will produce the Cujo remakefor the streamer. No writers, directors, or actors are attached to Netflixs feature film adaptation.Recommended VideosReleased in 1981,Cujorevolves around a sweet dogs transformation into a murderous canine. After a Saint Bernard named Cujo is bitten by a bat and infected with rabies, the dog goes on a killing spree in a small town. Donna and her young son Tad find themselves trapped inside a small car with Cujo on the loose. Donna must find a way to escape Cujos wrath or risk heatstroke.Please enable Javascript to view this contentCujowas previously adapted into a 1983 feature film directed by Lewis Teague and written by Don Carlos Dunaway and Barbara Turner (pen name Lauren Currier). Cujo starred Dee Wallace as Donna and Danny Pintauro as Tad. The film received mixed reviews and grossed $21.2 million on a $6 million budget.King remains Hollywood royalty when it comes to his novels as source material for movies and TV shows. Last month, Osgood Perkins released The Monkey, a deadly comedy based on Kings 1980 short story. The Monkey has grossed over $45 million worldwide on a $45.8 million budget.There will be several more King adaptations on the way. The Life of Chuck, Mike Flanagans drama based on Kings 2020 novella, won the Peoples Choice Award at TIFF 2024 and will be released on June 6, 2025. Edgar Wrights highly anticipated adaptation of The Running Man, starring Glen Powell, opens on November 7, 2025.Other King adaptations coming soon include theItprequel, Welcome to Derry; Fairy Talewith Paul Greengrass; The Institutefrom Benjamin Cavell; and Francis Lawrences The Long Walk.Editors Recommendations

Adlie penguins in Antarctica are under threat from bird fluSteve Bloom Images / Alamy Stock PhotoH5N1 bird flu has been found in dead birds on Antarctica for the first time. The deadly strain of bird flu is currently spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could spread around the continent, with devastating consequences for wildlife such as penguins.Its scary. Fortunately, its affecting just a few [birds], says Juliana Vianna at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago. I hope it stays that way, but avian flu in Chile and Peru was a disaster. It killed thousands and thousands of seabirds and sea lions. AdvertisementBetween November 2024 and January 2025, Viannas team surveyed 16 nesting sites of seabirds along the Antarctic Peninsula. The researchers found 35 dead skuas that had no signs of injury. Samples from 11 of the bodies were found to be positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus that has been spreading around the world in recent years.Skuas scavenge on corpses and predate on other birds, so they are particularly likely to become infected by feeding on infected birds. The skuas in this area are hybrids between south polar (Stercorarius maccormicki) and brown (Stercorarius antarcticus) skuas.So far there are no confirmed cases in other kinds of birds, but Vianna says she was told on 9 March that dead penguins have now been found, too. We just talked to the Chilean Antarctic Institute, she says. They saw dead skuas and penguins.Unmissable news about our planet delivered straight to your inbox every month.Sign up to newsletterBecause penguins breed in dense colonies, the fear is that H5N1 could spread among them rapidly and kill off a large proportion of some populations, many of which are already in decline because of climate change. The susceptibility of birds to H5N1 varies from species to species, however, so some penguin species may be resistant, Vianna says.The highly pathogenic form of H5N1 bird flu has been circulating in Europe, Asia and Africa since 2020, killing many wild birds and causing outbreaks on poultry farms. In the UK, for instance, H5N1 killed a quarter of gannets in 2023.In 2021, it reached North America, where it was later found to be infecting the udders of dairy cows and spreading among them. By the end of 2022, it had spread to the southern tip of South America, killing thousands of marine mammals as well as birds of many different species along the way.Sick brown skuas and giant petrels on Bird Island, just off the larger island of South Georgia, tested positive for the virus in 2023. South Georgia is around 1500 kilometres from the Antarctic Peninsula.In December 2023 and January 2024, Viannas team found signs of infection in some living Adlie penguins and Antarctic shags on the northernmost tip of the peninsula. Now the presence of the virus on the continent has been confirmed.The reported deaths of skuas is concerning, says Thijs Kuiken at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Some species in the region are found only on small islands, and could be wiped out by bird flu, he says.However, the tests described in Viannas study show only that the skuas were infected with H5 flu, Kuiken says, not whether it was the highly pathogenic form.That is correct, says Vianna, but samples were sent off for additional testing not detailed in the paper. So it is confirmed as highly pathogenic avian influenza, she says.On 25 February, another group of researchers reported finding H5N1 on the archipelagos of Crozet and Kerguelen in the Indian Ocean near Antarctica, where the virus has killed elephant seals as well as several species of birds. That means the virus has moved more than halfway around the Antarctic, towards Australia and New Zealand the only major countries that remain free of the virus.Reference:bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.02.640960Topics:bird flu

AvatarOS, a virtual avatar startup founded by Isaac Bratzel, closed a $7 million seed investment.Bratzel previously worked for the company behind Lil Miquela, a popular virtual influencer.Read the 11-page pitch deck the startup used while raising venture capital.AvatarOS is betting that AI can supercharge the market for virtual influencers.Founded by Isaac Bratzel, the startup is building digital avatars for social media, gaming, apps, and other immersive experiences.AvatarOS announced this week a $7 million seed investment led by venture capital firm M13. Andreessen Horowitz Games Fund, HF0, Valia Ventures, and Mento VC also participated in the round. AvatarOS has raised $8 million in total since its founding in 2022.This isn't Bratzel's first rodeo working with digital avatars.Remember Lil Miquela?If you don't, she was a pioneering virtual influencer and has over 2 million Instagram followers. Bratzel led the creation of her avatar while at the virtual influencer startup Brud, which was later acquired by NFT startup Dapper Labs in 2021. The Miquela character has been leveraged by brands like Chanel and Prada in marketing campaigns and even has a music career.Bratzel said Miquela had one major limitation, however. Animation is expensive, and some projects with potential brands or partners simply "weren't doable," he said.One example, which Bratzel outlines in AvatarOS's investor pitch deck, was Miquela being featured in HBO's hit show "Euphoria.""It just wasn't feasible because of the technical limitations," Bratzel said. It would have cost about $3,000 per second to animate Miquela, per the pitch deck. With advancements in AI, technical limitations for animation are lower than ever, Bratzel said.One character already developed by this technology is a version of Bratzel himself (who also makes an appearance in the pitch deck).M13's Latif Peracha, who led the deal, told BI that while running due diligence on AvatarOS prior to investing, he spoke with this virtual version of Bratzel for an hour, discussing hobbies like running and basketball.While virtual influencers are one application for AvatarOS, Bratzel said the company is broadly thinking about how any "character-driven content" could be used across several platforms, pointing to video games as an example."You have this character, you have all these assets, but the social media and the marketing for how you do that is very disjointed," he said.Bratzel said video game companies could use AvatarOS to create avatars of game characters with their own social media accounts and become virtual influencers for the game brand.The company is also eyeing partnerships with celebrities and sports figures."It feels like the right time where you can scale this type of application," Peracha said.Read the 11-page pitch deck AvatarOS used while raising its $7 million seed investment round.Note: Some details have been redacted, and the deck has been altered so that it can be shared publicly.The pitch deck begins with an animated virtual avatar. AvatarOS The slide reads: Real. Digital. Humans.Then the deck introduces Lil Miquela. AvatarOS Here's what the slide says:Have you heard of Miquela?50 million+ streams on Spotify6 million+ followers on socialTime Magazine's 25 most influential people on the internet!Not bad considering:SHE'S NOT REAL!AvatarOS's team built Lil Miquela. AvatarOS Bratzel said that several members of the startup's team come from Brud, which built the Lil Miquela avatar. He also said Trevor McFedries, Brud's cofounder, is an angel investor and advisor to AvatarOS.The deck spells out a problem: animation is expensive. AvatarOS Here's what the slide says:Problem:Cost per second of animationHBO's Euphoria wanted to cast Miquela but even with a $165M budget, they couldn't afford to.AvatarOS explains its proprietary tech. AvatarOS Here's what the slide says:Solution:The best avatar generation technology in the world.Dynamic animation at the cost of inference.Proprietary 4D/ML TrainingAuthentically train from real human performances, enabling perfectly on brand real-time inference.AvatarOS introduces its CEO's virtual avatar. AvatarOS In this slide, the virtual avatar for Bratzel is animated and says that AvatarOS's "virtual characters that reach the quality of real life and can authentically engage a human audience by maintaining the subtle nuance that makes individuals unique."The deck includes a product demo, too. AvatarOS This slide outlines how 3D avatars go from API requests to a game or pixel stream video.It also includes a 45-second video demo of Braztel's avatar, which says:"We are developing interactive, AI-powered avatars, not by blending 20 pixels together with zero control, but by creating three-dimensional, cross-platform avatars that reach the quality of real life. Characters train from real-life performances via patented 4D-ML technology that can as easily star in a video game or immersive experience as answer questions in a browser or mobile app. Blending the efficiency of AI and the utility of real-time computer graphics with the authenticity of human individuality."The slide also says the demo uses ChatGPT and ElevenLabs integrations.AvatarOS maps out potential applications. AvatarOS This slide lists 34 applications of AvatarOS, ranging from AI content creators to sports to virtual try-on tools.The deck describes the market for digital avatars. AvatarOS Here's what the slide says:Digital Human Avatar Market$18B market that is "expected to reach $527.58 billion by 2030" *Emergen ResearchThe deck concludes with a summary of AvatarOS's financial backers. AvatarOS Here's what the slide says:a16zLargest VC in the worldAndreessen Horowitz is the top VC in the world AUMHF0Most exclusive AI residency in the worldOnly 10 companies get in!a16z Games SpeedrunPremiere Games AcceleratorWe were far and away the #1 team coming out of the premier gaming x tech acceleratorNvidiaNvidia inception and Developer partnerWe are part of the Nvidia Inception program and a preferred developer partner AvatarOS

2025-03-11T20:31:03Z Read in app Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President-elect Donald Trump. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? Ukraine has "expressed readiness" to accept a US proposal for a 30-day cease-fire with Russia.The US will resume the flow of arms and intelligence to Ukraine.The next challenge for the Trump administration will be getting Russia to agree.KYIV, Ukraine Kyiv is open to a cease-fire with Moscow, but that's only half of the equation. The Trump administration has to get Russia to stop attacking Ukraine.Ukraine signaled that it is ready to accept a US proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia, Kyiv and Washington said in a joint statement Tuesday. It creates a new opening in the effort to end the brutal three-year war. The US said it will immediately resume military aid shipments and intelligence sharing with Ukraine, according to the joint statement from both delegations.The next step getting Russian President Vladimir Putin to cease his missile barrages and assaults on Ukraine may prove particularly tricky.Ukraine is continuing to see Russian attacks. "Russia is not stopping its attacks; it continues missile strikes on civilians and critical infrastructure," Mykhailo Podolyak, a Ukrainian presidential advisor, told Business Insider last week amid the pause in US support. "Russia is not stopping and will not stop." Russia has relentlessly attacked Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, with missiles and drones throughout the conflict. Last week, President Donald Trump threatened Moscow with sanctions and tariffs if it didn't reach a cease-fire, but the strikes have continued even after the direct talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in February. Russia attacked Ukraine overnight last Thursday with 67 missiles and nearly 200 drones, one of its largest strikes of the entire war. Firefighters work at the site of a damaged building after a Russian missile attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on March 6, 2025. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhiy Lysak via AP At that time, Dara Massicot, an expert on the Russian military with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Russia and Eurasia Program, said on X that any potential carrots offered to the Russians in Riyadh "were not enough to cause the Kremlin to pause ops." She added that Moscow doesn't care if it embarrasses the US.War experts have seen few signs that Moscow is ready to end its war in Ukraine. Conflict analysts at the Institute for the Study of War think tank in Washington noted last week that Putin and his foreign ministry rejected the possibility of a negotiated cease-fire."We'll take this offer now to the Russians, and we hope that they'll say yes, that they'll say yes to peace," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday. "The ball is now in their court."Russian officials recently leveled demands likely to be non-starters with Ukraine: the surrender of more territory Russia does not control, tight caps that would shrink Ukraine's military to a fraction of its current size, and no European troops to monitor that Ukraine to keep the peace.Ukrainians and their international partners worry that Russia will use a cease-fire to rebuild its battered forces and re-invade Ukraine in the coming years in an echo of the 2015 deal that failed to end Russia's territorial aggression in eastern Ukraine.The biggest factor that brought about Ukraine's change on cease-fire talks was Trump's willingness to publicly break with Ukraine and temporarily starve its longtime partner of much-needed military support while also pushing for huge concessions to Ukraine's natural resources. US President Donald Trump had a tense exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on February 28, 2025. Brian Snyder/REUTERS After a contentious White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy toward the end of February, the Trump administration shut down the flow of security assistance to Ukraine last week and immediately followed that move by cutting intelligence sharing with Kyiv and limiting access to crucial satellite imagery.In that meeting, Zelenskyy noted past failures and expressed concerns that Putin would not adhere to a cease-fire deal. Trump, however, said last week that he believed Putin would actually want to end the war.Tuesday's announcement comes shortly after US and Ukrainian delegations met in Saudi Arabia for high-stakes peace talks.Diplomats agreed to "immediately begin negotiations toward an enduring peace that provides for Ukraine's long-term security," the statement said.The US will next discuss the specifics with Russia. Ukraine emphasized the need to involve European partners in the peace process; Trump has so far resisted providing any security guarantees to Ukraine as part of a cease-fire deal, saying that will be Europe's problem to figure out.The Tuesday statement said the US and Ukraine were also close to signing a rare earth minerals agreement that the two countries were slated to sign last month.

A teams investigation of ancient human burials in Israels Tinshemet Cave has revealed evidence thatHomo sapiens and our nearest cousins, the Neanderthals, intermingled in ancient times, sharing moments of daily life and various customs. The teams researchpublished today in Nature Human Behaviorinvestigated stone tools, hunting strategies, and social aspects of the two human groups, and found they were much more intertwined in the area than previously believed. Neanderthal and Homo sapiens are sister populations, said Israel Hershkovitz, an anthropologist at Tel Aviv University and co-author of the study, in an email to Gizmodo. Biologically, they are not different species; Morphologically, they are. The two groups interbreed throughout the Middle Paleolithic. Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) were a group of humans who interbred with anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) but looked fairly different, with barrel chests, stocky frames, and pronounced brows. Late last year, landmark studies in Nature and Science constrained the time frame of some of the earliest Homo sapiens interbreeding with Neanderthals in Europe, based on analysis of hundreds of genomes. The new research indicates that the two groups may have interacted even earlier in the Levant.Instead of killing each other and competing for food resources, they managed to share knowledge and technology (and, of course, genes) to the level that their habitation sites are indistinguishable, Hershkovitz added. In 2021, Hershkovitz was part of a team that studied roughly 120,000-year-old hominin bones that they found were not quiteHomo sapiensbut not quite Neanderthal, either. The archaic hominin fragmentsa skull, a mandible and teethfrom the Nesher Ramla site complicated a relatively straightforward evolutionary picture of humankind, in which either Neanderthals orHomo sapiens exclusively occupied the Levant.The Nesher Ramla Homo, as the ambiguous human group is now known, indicated to the team that there was more interaction between the two human species than previously known, though not everyone agrees. More specific dating of the fossil remains would help nail down the identity of the fossil remains and the timeline of human expansion and occupation of the Levant and beyond. Regardless, the new paper further muddies the waters, saying that genetically distinct groups of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, or a bit of both may have overlapped to the extent that their cultural products, hunting methods, and social structures were homogenized, if not practically indistinguishable. Hershkovitz added that a handful of questions remain outstanding, including what happened to the early Homo sapiens at nearby sites (including the famous site of Qazfeh), the timing of the first encounters between the Nesher Ramla humans and Homo sapiens, and what the cadence of human migration was out of Africa. These strata broadly share a uniform lithic [stone] technology, the use of ochre, a large-ungulate hunting pattern, the presence of articulated human remains and the presence of grave goods or non-utilitarian artefacts, the team wrote, concluding that the uniform cultural aspects across the sites could be a result of intensifying social interactions and admixture among African H. sapiens and Eurasian Neanderthal-like hominins in the mid-MP Levant.Moreover, Hershkovitz added, it remains a possibility that the Nesher Ramla individuals were the ancestors of the Neanderthals that paleoanthropologists find across Europe, those who disappear from the fossil record about 40,000 years ago. Neanderthals are generally thought not to have gone extinct, but to have been subsumed into anatomically modern human populations. Neanderthal DNA persists in our genetics today, and even some human traits are associated with our closest human relatives.

By AJ Dellinger Published March 11, 2025 | Comments (0) | A protester outside of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters holds a sign with an anti-DOGE message Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Trump administration has given itself the moniker The Most Transparent Administration in History. It seems like its an in name only kind of thing, because the New York Times reportsthat a senior administration official at the U.S. Agency for International Developmentthe agency that has been stripped for parts by Elon Musk and the extremely cloak and dagger Department of Government Efficiencytold employees to start emptying safes used to store classified documents and personnel files and shred or burn them. The message (see email below) was delivered to the agencys remaining staffers by Erica Y. Carr, USAIDs acting executive secretary. She told workers to Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break. Per the Times, the documents getting prepped for the shredder could potentially contain information that would be relevant to ongoing legal challenges to the Trump administration over its attempts to freeze aid and dismantle the agencyefforts that were recently deemed a likely violation of the Constitution by a federal judge. So it seems like a transparent attempt at destroying evidence, which I guess counts for something. Eoin Higgins The shred and burn initiative may violate federal law. The American Foreign Service Association, a union that represents diplomats, warned that the destruction of documents may violate the Federal Records Act, which requires agencies to abide by certain document retention requirements. Under the law, printed documents are required to be saved in a digital format before being destroyedand its not clear that there has been any effort to digitize the documents that are getting put through the shredder or into the burn bags. USAID isnt alone in its apparent efforts to obfuscate access to documents. DOGE, which is responsible in large part for gutting USAID, has been trying to operate in secrecy as much as possible. Elon Musk has thrown hissy fits over members of his staff being named in publica thing that would be standard for basically any other government agency. And for the entirety of its operation thus far, DOGE has ignored Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by claiming that it is immune from the process by arguing that it is a presidential records entity that serves as a shield against public disclosure. That might be changingor at least, it should be. This week, a District Court judge ruled that DOGE likely is covered by FOIA and that the public would be irreparably harmed by an indefinite delay in unearthing the records. Just how willfully DOGE will go along with this is yet to be seen. Government agencies certainly have ways of skirting requests with denials, redactions, and foot-dragging. But legally, it seems DOGE does have to complya thing a transparent administration should welcome, right?Daily NewsletterYou May Also Like By Passant Rabie Published March 11, 2025 By Lucas Ropek Published March 11, 2025 Kayla Schwoerer, University at Albany, The Conversation Published March 11, 2025 By Matt Novak Published March 10, 2025 By Matthew Gault Published March 10, 2025 Allison Stanger, Middlebury, The Conversation Published March 9, 2025

Hotel El Zarzo / ALH Taller de ArquitecturaSave this picture!Architects: ALH Taller de ArquitecturaAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:1114 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2023 PhotographsPhotographs:Daniel VelezManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Anticuario de la construccin Lead Architects: Santiago Arango, Camilo Arango, Juan Francisco Arango More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture! Daniel VelezText description provided by the architects. Over the years, Medelln, and especially Provenza, has become one of the epicenters of tourism in Colombia. As architects, we have the great responsibility of providing value not only aesthetically but also environmentally and socially in every intervention we undertake.Save this picture!Save this picture!Hotel El Zarzo was born from the idea of responding to the area's hotel demand, going beyond merely offering more rooms to the tourism sector. With this project, we aim to create a small oasis in the middle of the city. The project is located in Provenza, very close to other important and nationally and internationally recognized hotels. The great challenge was to have a differentiating element, so we opted to design a boutique hotel with very few rooms, focusing on details and always aiming to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere in all spaces.Save this picture!The hotel has seven levels, distributed as follows: a basement level that serves all technical needs, a first level with a restaurant and lobby, four levels of rooms, and a rooftop terrace with a bar. The bar, inspired by a vintage style, has the option of being open or closed thanks to a retractable fabric pergola, allowing the space to change over time and host different activities. The building is located between two party walls, so for the natural ventilation and lighting of the spaces, we could only rely on the eastern and western facades.Save this picture!Save this picture!We started from the premise of placing the hotel's service areas, such as shafts, elevators, and stairs, towards the party walls to maximize the facades and ensure that each room has a direct connection to the exterior. The first and last levels of the project are spaces we are giving to the city, with a restaurant and a bar open to the public, allowing not only hotel guests but also visitors to enjoy them. The large facade frames different views; each level has variations in its windows, incorporating arches and porticos that enrich the interior space. From inside, every window offers a view of a garden, and beyond that, the city and the mountains.Save this picture!The use of materials in their most noble form and the careful integration of vegetation make the building an additional connection point in the city's ecological network. The slabs become a vast container of more than a hundred tropical species. The programmed drip irrigation system provides the minimal and necessary amount of water to this small ecosystem in a rational and efficient way.Save this picture!This intervention also helps maintain thermal comfort inside the building, reducing the need for air conditioning and, therefore, the building's carbon footprint. With Hotel El Zarzo, we seek to deliver an architectural work that meets current needs while considering environmental factors, aiming to generate a positive impact on the city and future projects.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:Medellin, Bogota, ColombiaLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officePublished on March 11, 2025Cite: "Hotel El Zarzo / ALH Taller de Arquitectura" [Hotel El Zarzo / ALH Taller de Arquitectura] 11 Mar 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1027716/hotel-el-zarzo-alh-taller-de-arquitectura&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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Microplastics defined as plastic particles under 0.2 inches have been discovered most recently in human lungs and brains, as well as in our livers, kidneys, and testes. They have so far been associated with some cancers, respiratory diseases, and pregnancy and birth complications.Now researchers are adding another ill effect to the persistent particles boosting antibiotic resistance, according to a study recently published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.Antibiotic Resistance ConcernsLaboratory experiments conducted by a team of Boston University researchers demonstrated that bacteria exposed to microplastics became resistant to multiple types of antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance most often associated with over-prescription and unnecessary use of antibiotics has been a public health concern for decades. Adding another means that could make these drugs less effective is concerning, according to the authors especially for people in dense, impoverished areas, where discarded plastic often accumulates.The fact that there are microplastics all around us, and even more so in impoverished places where sanitation may be limited, is a striking part of this observation, Muhammad Zaman, a Boston University College of Engineering professor and co-author of the paper, said in a press release. There is certainly a concern that this could present a higher risk in communities that are disadvantaged.How Microplastics Lead to Antibiotic ResistanceThe authors experimented with multiple kinds of plastics as well as a variety of antibiotics. Each time they came up with the same results: bugs that survived. When bacteria attach to a surface they create a biofilm a sticky substance that acts as a protective shield. Although bacteria can grow this film on any surface, the authors say that the effect was supercharged on microplastics. They found the rate of antibiotic resistance so high on microplastics versus other materials that they repeated their experiments multiple times. The results remained the same.Were demonstrating that the presence of plastics is doing a whole lot more than just providing a surface for the bacteria to stick they are actually leading to the development of resistant organisms, Zaman said.Direct Links to Human HealthAccording to the United Nations Environmental Program, research on over 13,000 chemicals used in plastic manufacturing has shown that at least 3,200 may be hazardous to human health.Although scientists keep finding microplastics in more places and associating them with a longer list of potentially bad health effects, so far most of the research has been in the laboratory. For instance, another study has shown that microplastics can damage human cells. The next step whether scientists are looking at their impact from diseases ranging from cancer to infections will be to study exactly how microplastics directly affect human health.Article SourcesOur writers at Discovermagazine.com use peer-reviewed studies and high-quality sources for our articles, and our editors review for scientific accuracy and editorial standards. Review the sources used below for this article:Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Effects of microplastic concentration, composition, and size on Escherichia coli biofilm-associated antimicrobial resistanceUnited Nations Environmental Program. Chemicals in Plastics - A Technical ReportThe Guardian. Microplastics cause damage to human cells, study showsBefore joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues. He began his career in newspapers, but switched to scientific magazines. His work has appeared in publications including Science News, Science, Nature, and Scientific American.