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Study: Climate change is leading to unpredictable ecosystem disruption for migratory birds
Ithaca, NY--Using data on 77 North American migratory bird species from the eBird citizen-science program, scientists at the Cornell...
Why the brain can be blamed for children unknowingly being left to die in a hot car
TAMPA, Fla. (March 5, 2019)- More than 50 children died in hot cars in 2018, making it the deadliest year...
Rethinking old-growth forests using lichens as an indicator of conservation value
Credit: Donna Crossland Ottawa, Mar. 5, 2019 - Two Canadian biologists are proposing a better way to assess the conservation...
HPTN 071 demonstrates community-wide HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infections
Credit: HIV Prevention Trials Network DURHAM, NC - Researchers today presented results from the HPTN 071 (PopART) study at the...
HIV prevention study finds universal ‘test and treat’ approach can reduce new infections
NIH-sponsored trial suggests home-based HIV testing and referral to care works at population levelCredit: Kim Cloete New HIV infections declined...
TIGER mouse debuts as model for neurological ailments
Credit: David Feliciano / Victoria Neckles CLEMSON, South Carolina - New research published today in Scientific Reports has devised a...
Kidney disease killer vulnerable to targeted nano therapy
CLEMSON, South Carolina -- By loading a chelation drug into a nano-sized homing device, researchers at Clemson University have reversed...
Do all networks obey the scale-free law? Maybe not
As Benjamin Franklin once joked, death and taxes are universal. Scale-free networks may not be, at least according to a...
Should patients be considered consumers?
There is broad support for building health care systems that are patient centered, seen as a means of improving health...
Bundle payment model analysis of emerging breast cancer screening
Bundled payments have been touted as mechanisms to optimize quality and costs. A prior feasibility study evaluating bundled payments for...
UN declares decade of ecosystem restoration
Declaration will 'shine a light on the human and financial resources needed to implement restoration globally.'Credit: Julie Chenot The United...
Are mosaic embryos the ‘dark horse’ of IVF?
Study in nonhuman primates gives new hope to people seeking infertility treatment; abnormal embryos can result in successful in vitro...
A faster, more accurate way to monitor drought
Thermal stress measurements sound the alarm about drought conditions soonerCredit: Duke Univ. DURHAM, N.C. -- More than 2 billion people...
Forecasting mosquitoes’ global spread
An international team gauges the coming threat of mosquito-borne diseasesCredit: Moritz Kraemer for Nature Microbiology; DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0376-y. Outbreaks of mosquito-borne...
Researchers uncover new facets of HIV's 'arms race' with human defense system
Study could contribute to new therapies COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new study reveals details about the evolutionary contest between HIV...
Swimming microbes steer themselves into mathematical order
Credit: Video courtesy of Saverio Spagnolie MADISON, Wis. -- Freeing thousands of microorganisms to swim in random directions in an...
Solving a sticky problem
University of Pittsburgh's Tevis Jacobs receives $500,000 NSF CAREER Award to improve nanoparticle performanceCredit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (March...
Study: Landlord disclosure of bedbugs cuts infestations, creates long-term savings
Credit: Photo by Stephen Ausmus, USDA Agricultural Research Service. AMES, Iowa - Policies requiring landlords to disclose a rental unit's...
Research provides insight on survivability of rare Wyoming plant
Credit: Greg Nickerson A rare plant found only at two sites in central Wyoming has persisted, in part, because it...
Renal reabsorption in living devices
3D bioprinted, vascularized proximal tubules mimic the human kidney's reabsorption functionsCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) -- Every...
