Continuing PC vaccine in Kenya at full price cost-effective and could save thousands of lives
Stopping the vaccine could lead to rates of pneumonia and pneumococcal disease returning to pre-vaccine levels in 10 years Co-led...
Honey, I ate the kids: The sweet side of filial cannibalism
This Easter, researchers reveal why some parents eat their kids' eggs: it's because they care As you bite into a...
UTSA faculty receive $2 million in CAREER Awards to advance research
Credit: The University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, April 16, 2019) - Four University of Texas at San...
Climate change threatens endangered sparrows
A new study in The Condor: Ornithological Applications finds that some sparrow species will go extinct within the century due...
Improving the ACA’s insurance coverage provisions will improve patient care
Washington, D.C. April 16, 2019 -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) published a paper today in the Annals of...
Mississippi State University row crop short course presentations available online
Credit: Mississippi State University St. Paul, MN (March 28, 2019)--The 2018 Mississippi State University (MSU) Row Crop Short Course, held...
Google searches reveal popular bird species
Knowledge may help fine-tune conservation messagesCredit: Photo by Marie Lehmann. Ithaca, NY--Cross-referencing a decade of Google searches and citizen science...
Indicators of despair rising among Gen X-ers entering middle age
Indicators of despair--depression, suicidal ideation, drug use and alcohol abuse--are rising among Americans in their late 30s and early 40s...
New report examines the safety of using dispersants in oil spill clean ups
A multi-disciplinary team of scientists has issued a series of findings and recommendations on the safety of using dispersal agents...
New study first to identify cause of rare genetic metabolic disorder
A new study from BC Children's Hospital, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and an international team of researchers published...
Physician-writer Siddhartha Mukherjee will be awarded the 2019 Lewis Thomas Prize
Siddhartha Mukherjee has delighted, informed, and touched a wide audience through his books and essays, for which he will be...
New microscopy technique peers deep into the brain
Credit: Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics at The Rockefeller University In order to understand the brain, scientists must be able...
Physicists improve understanding of heat and particle flow in the edge of a fusion device
Credit: Elle Starkman Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have discovered valuable information...
Best in snow: New scientific device creates electricity from snowfall
The first-of-its-kind nanogenerator designed by UCLA researchers and colleagues also acts as a weather stationCredit: Stuart Wolpert/UCLA UCLA researchers and...
Dr. Kelly Dorgan receives prestigious CAREER Grant from National Science Foundation
Credit: The Sea Lab at Dauphin Island Dr. Kelly Dorgan of The Sea Lab at Dauphin Island and the University...
13th annual Canadian neuroscience meeting
The Scientific Program Committee, chaired by Paul Frankland and co-chair Ruth Slack, along with local chair Julie Lefebvre, have put...
Plastic’s carbon footprint
Researchers conduct first global assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from plastics From campaigns against microplastics to news...
Predictability limit: Scientists find bounds of weather forecasting
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- In the future, weather forecasts that provide storm warnings and help us plan our daily lives...
Some patients with imminently fatal cancer still receive treatment
American Cancer Society study highlights need to better identify who may not benefit from aggressive treatment Some patients who died...
Solving the mystery of fertilizer loss from Midwest cropland
Credit: Bruno Basso Farmers can't predict their annual corn harvest with certainty, but with the help of new research from...
