Social media helping to protect biodiversity
Nature photographers posting to social media are helping improve biodiversity conservation mapping in South Asia, and the method could go ...
Research in Lake Superior reveals how sulfur might have cycled in Earth’s ancient oceans
Geochemist Alexandra Phillips has sulfur on her mind. The yellow element is a vital macronutrient, and she’s trying to understand ...
Highlights from the journal CHEST®, November 2023
Glenview, Illinois – Published monthly, the journal CHEST® features peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in chest medicine: Pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine and ...
Heat tolerant coral may trade fast growth for resilience
Algae living within the soft tissue of coral supply much of the energy needed by their hosts, and some symbiotic ...
UMass Amherst receives $2.5 million from Howard Hughes Medical Institute to reshape STEM education
November 16, 2023Credit: UMass Amherst November 16, 2023 AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst was recently awarded a ...
Love thy neighbor: Cooperation extends beyond one’s own group in wild bonobos
A new study published this week in Science challenges the notion that only humans are capable of forming strong and ...
Growing income inequities in the utilization of healthcare resources, Swedish study finds
Swedish people with the lowest incomes utilize primary and outpatient care on par with those with the highest incomes despite ...
UCSC doctoral graduate wins prestigious Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists
Jessica Kendall-Bar, who received her Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology last year from UC Santa Cruz with co-advisors Terrie ...
Drug manufacturers use FDA, patent strategies to keep insulin prices high
Over the last four decades, insulin manufacturers have extended their periods of market exclusivity on brand-name insulin products by employing ...
USF researchers help reduce lead levels in Madagascar drinking water
TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 16, 2023) -- A team of engineers and public health experts from the University of South Florida is ...
University of Miami receives $1.8 million NOAA grant to study South Florida’s coastal ecosystems
The University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science has been awarded a nearly $1.8 million grant ...
Rosalind Franklin University announces new Director of Center for Genetic Diseases
Credit: Provided by Dr. Valerie Chai.
Department of Chemical Engineering receives $3.5 million award to study impact of adolescent exposure to opioids
Opioid addiction is a pressing public health crisis with far-reaching implications. More than 100,000 deaths a year have been linked ...
Pushing the boundaries of eco-friendly chemical production
A team of pioneering researchers from the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) has made a significant leap ...
“Wolves like cherry-picking”: Modelling shows how they recolonized Germany and where they could live in the future
The return of the grey wolf (Canis lupus) to Germany, which began 23 years ago in the region of Lusatia ...
Plants that survived dinosaur extinction pulled nitrogen from air
DURHAM, N.C. -- Once a favored food of grazing dinosaurs, an ancient lineage of plants called cycads helped sustain these ...
Microplastics in soil: Tomography with neutrons and X-rays shows where particles are deposited
It is a real problem: Microplastic particles are everywhere. Now a team from the University of Potsdam and HZB has ...
First-of-their-kind wearables capture body sounds to continuously monitor health
During even the most routine visits, physicians listen to sounds inside their patients’ bodies — air moving in and out ...
The mind’s eye of a neural network system
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – In the background of image recognition software that can ID our friends on social media and ...
University of Cincinnati experts pioneer neuromonitoring platform, working to standardize practice
Tracking heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen levels is a standard practice to give doctors valuable information on patients’ heart ...
