Factors associated with elephant poaching
Credit: Photo: Colin Beale/Universität York Elephants are essential to savannah and forest ecosystems and play an important role in ecotourism ...
Month: May 2019
Chloropicrin application increases production and profit potential for potato growers
Credit: Hutchinson C.M. St. Paul, MN (May, 2019)--The chemical compound chloropicrin was first synthesized in 1848 by Scottish chemist John ...
NYS winters could pose solar farm ‘ramping’ snag for power grid
ITHACA, N.Y. - By adding utility-scale solar farms throughout New York state, summer electricity demand from conventional sources could be ...
Targeting inflammation to better understand dangerous blood clots
It's the third deadliest cardiovascular diagnosis, but doctors are still often stumped to explain why 40% of patients experience unprovoked ...
UTA researcher to study risks of Texas, Louisiana transportation projects
Transportation infrastructureCredit: UT Arlington Sharareh "Sherri" Kermanshachi, assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas ...
Medicare spending higher among older adults with disabilities who lack adequate support
Better support of older adults' care needs could offset Medicare spending A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...
Clinical trial assesses telephone-based care program for at-risk homebound elderly
Something as simple as a phone call could be a way to alert health care providers and caregivers that an ...
New compounds could be used to treat autoimmune disorders
Credit: Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology at The Rockefeller University The immune system is programmed to rid the body of ...
Climate undermined by lobbying
First-of-its-kind study quantifies the effects of political lobbying on likelihood of climate policy enactment For all the evidence that the ...
Paula S. Bontempi selected as Fellow of The Oceanography Society
For her vision of what satellite-based ocean ecology could be, and tireless efforts to bring that vision to fruition in ...
Severe air pollution can cause birth defects, deaths
In a comprehensive study, researchers from Texas A&M University have determined that harmful particulate matter in the atmosphere can produce ...
Steven G. Ackleson selected as Fellow of The Oceanography Society
For fundamental contributions to the understanding of phytoplankton optical properties, radiative transfer models and the development and application of autonomous ...
Amatzia Genin selected as Fellow of The Oceanography Society
For original and sustained contributions to biological oceanography, through creative and comprehensive studies testing core hypotheses related to bio-physical interactions ...
New organic flow battery brings decomposing molecules back to life
'Zombie' molecules dramatically increase battery lifetimeCredit: Harvard SEAS After years of making progress on an organic aqueous flow battery, Harvard ...
Bioengineers suggested ways to reduce crop losses caused by heat, cold and drought
The treatment aimed to increase the stress resistance of plants was proposedCredit: FEFU press office Scientists of Far Eastern Branch ...
As plaque deposits increase in the aging brain, money management falters
Trouble with simple financial tasks may be early sign of dementias such as Alzheimer'sCredit: Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. - Aging ...
Societal values and perceptions shape energy production and use as much as new technology
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Societal values and perceptions have shaped the energy landscape as much as the technologies that drive its ...
Reading clinician visit notes can improve patients’ adherence to medications
Patients report that reading their notes makes them more likely to take medications as prescribed BOSTON--A new study of patients ...
UTSA study shows vaping is linked to adolescents’ propensity for crime
(San Antonio, May 28, 2019) -- UTSA criminal justice professor Dylan Jackson recently published one of the first studies to ...
E-cigs and heated tobacco products are harmful and do not help smokers to quit
In a new statement published by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Tobacco Control Committee , an international coalition of respiratory ...