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How low is too low? Study highlights serious risks for intensive blood pressure control
Kaiser Permanente research published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found if patients with hypertension taking prescribed medications...
Female basketball players face disproportionate racial bias: New study
New research has uncovered a recurring pattern of referee bias in women's college basketball. The Howard Journal of Communications study...
New scientific study: no safe level of alcohol
SEATTLE - A new scientific study concludes there is no safe level of drinking alcohol. The study, published today in...
The Lancet: Alcohol is associated with 2.8 million deaths each year worldwide
Globally, one in three people drink alcohol (equivalent to 2.4 billion people), and 2.2% of women and 6.8% of men...
Martens recolonized Isle Royale in the ’90s, showing island’s dynamism
Credit: Jonathan Pauli MADISON, Wis. -- After decades of trapping, the last known American marten was spotted on Isle Royale...
Handheld probe images photoreceptors in children
Credit: Theodore DuBose DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University researchers have developed a handheld probe that can image individual photoreceptors in...
National Academies announce winners of 2018 Communication Awards
WASHINGTON -- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today the recipients of the 2018 Communication Awards. Supported...
Research reveals gene regulation can be digital and stochastic
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Every cell in our body has the same set of genes, or genome, and can...
Wiley and The Royal Entomological Society announce publishing partnership renewal
John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) and The Royal Entomological Society are proud to announce the renewal of their...
New study highlights shark protections, vulnerability to fishing
Credit: Neil Hammerschlag, Ph.D., University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science MIAMI--A new analysis shows that the...
Algal blooms a threat to small lakes and ponds, too
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Harmful algae isn't just a problem for high-profile bodies of water - it poses serious, toxic threats...
Two new truffle species discovered in Florida pecan orchards
Credit: Photo courtesy of Rosanne Healy GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two new species of truffles were recently discovered on the roots...
Discovery of two new Chinese dinosaurs by international research team
Credit: Professor Jonah Choiniere Professor Jonah Choiniere from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa was a leading member...
How did alvarezsaurian dinosaurs evolve monodactyl hand?
Credit: SHI Aijuan Digit reduction occurs many times in tetrapod evolution, and the most famous example is the 'horse series'...
Smartphones may be used to better predict the weather
Flash floods occur with little warning. Earlier this year, a flash flood that struck Ellicott City, MD, demolished the main...
Researchers develop novel process to 3D print one of the strongest materials on Earth
Credit: Virginia Tech Researchers from Virginia Tech and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a novel way to 3D print...
Why are tropical forests so diverse? New study examines role of ‘natural enemies’
Ecologists have long struggled to explain why tropical forests have so many different species of trees. One dominant theory to...
Scientists find link between water pollution and morbidity in Murmansk region
Researchers at the Institute of Ecology at the Higher School of Economics, together with other Russian researchers, have discovered that...
UBC researchers unlock secrets of plant development
Credit: Geoffrey Wasteneys/UBC University of British Columbia researchers have discovered an internal messaging system that plants use to manage the...
A world on fire
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). The world is on fire. Or so...
