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Larger swaths of tropical forest being lost to commercial agriculture
Credit: European Space Agency DURHAM, N.C. — Larger patches of tropical forest are being lost worldwide as governments and corporations...
Defining conservation priorities in tropical and biodiversity-rich…
Credit: Jon Moore (Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network/University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. Rich in biodiversity, with a rapidly growing...
Female blue tits sing in the face of danger
Credit: Katharina Mahr/Vetmeduni Vienna Until now, the singing behaviour of songbirds had been mainly associated with competitive behaviour and the...
Gut feeling: ONR research examines link between stomach bacteria, PTSD
ARLINGTON, Va.–Could bacteria in your gut be used to cure or prevent neurological conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),...
Marijuana use may not aid patients in opioid addiction treatment
Credit: Washington State University SPOKANE, Wash. – Many patients who are being treated for opioid addiction in a medication-assisted treatment...
Enhanced evolution: Scientists find genetic swap changes physical expression
Credit: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America The difference between webbed toes and distinct digits may...
Monoclonal antibody cures marburg infection in monkeys
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Tom Geisbert, University of Texas Medical Branch WHAT: Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health...
Random process analysis could give a woman more information about which infertility treatment is best
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 6, 2017) – It's been used to study automobile cruise control systems and population...
Six teams seek to identify biological factors that influence neural…
The National Institutes of Health will fund six projects to identify biological factors that affect neural regeneration in the retina....
Dartmouth, NSF aim to turn America’s rural libraries into STEM centers
HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth College will use a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to further help...
Significant expansion of data available in the Genomic Data Commons
The recently launched Genomic Data Commons (GDC) will get a dramatic increase in the power and utility of its resources...
IU, Regenstrief study: Early home health worker visit lowers risk of…
Credit: Eskenazi Health INDIANAPOLIS – A visit by a home health worker, such as a nurse or physical therapist, within...
nTIDE Dec 2017: Yearend job numbers cap record year for americans with…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – January 5, 2018. Despite December's lag in U.S. job numbers, Americans with disabilities...
UTSA researcher to study waterways contaminated by Hurricane Harvey…
Credit: Deborah Silliman, UTSA College of Engineering Vikram Kapoor, an assistant professor in The University of Texas at San Antonio...
The mysterious sexual life of the most primitive dragonfly
Credit: Adolfo Cordero-Rivera The dragonfly considered the most primitive in the world lives in Australia and Tasmania, and was believed...
Fiona Watt to receive the 2016 FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award
Credit: Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at King's College London Heidelberg, 26 February 2016 – EMBO and FEBS...
In assessing risk of hormone therapy for menopause, dose — not…
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS When it comes to assessing the risk of estrogen therapy for menopause, how the therapy is...
‘Shapeshifter’ that regulates blood clotting is visually…
A single molecule of von Willebrand factor is visually captured, as it elongates and relaxes in response to blood flow...
Tens of millions of trees in danger from California drought
IMAGE: This image shows progressive water stress on California's forests. Credit: Courtesy of Greg Asner. Washington, DC — California's forests...
After legal-ivory experiment, black markets thrive from greater demand, less risk
To curb the destructive illegal ivory trade, the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) announced in 2008...
