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April 25, 2024

Asian dust providing key nutrients for California’s giant sequoias

Credit: Chelsea Carey RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Dust from as far away as the Gobi Desert in Asia is providing more...

Study: Dust helps regulate Sierra Nevada ecosystems

Credit: UC Merced "Collecting dust" isn't usually considered a good thing. But dust from as near as the Central Valley...

Zika virus protein mapped to speed search for cure

Credit: Cheng Kao, Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A study published today shows how Indiana University scientists are speeding the...

Astronomers probe swirling particles in halo of starburst galaxy

Credit: Credits: A.D. Kapinska, G. Meurer. ICRAR/UWA/CAASTRO. Astronomers have used a radio telescope in outback Western Australia to see the...

Using a method from Wall Street to track slow slipping of Earth’s crust

Stock traders have long used specialized trackers to decide when to buy or sell a stock, or when the market...

Mouse in the house tells tale of human settlement

Credit: Photo by Lior Weissbrod. Long before the advent of agriculture, hunter-gatherers began putting down roots in the Middle East,...

New NIFA study shows capacity funding is a valued investment to states

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 27, 2017 - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture...

USDA announces $300,000 in funding available for youth farm safety

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 27, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture today announced...

Psychologists enlist machine learning to help diagnose depression

Credit: David M Schnyer, Peter C. Clasen, Christopher Gonzalez and Christopher G. Beevers Depression affects more than 15 million American...

Kent State chemists create microscopic environment to study cancer cell growth

Credit: Photo provided by Kent State University According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new...

New finding could lead to earlier liver cancer diagnosis

Credit: Melanie Gonick/MIT In many parts of the world, including Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, exposure to a fungal product...

Kessler Foundation renews collaboration with Children’s Specialized Hospital

Credit: Kessler Foundation March 27, East Hanover, NJ/New Brunswick, NJ--Kessler Foundation, a global leader in rehabilitation research, and Children's Specialized...

Researchers show p300 protein may suppress leukemia in MDS patients

Credit: The website of the National Cancer Institute (https://www.cancer.gov). MIAMI, March 27, 2017 - Scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center...

Renewable energy has robust future in much of Africa