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The winter weather window that is costing rapeseed growers millions
Credit: Phil Robinson UK rapeseed growers are losing up to a quarter of their crop yield each year because of...
IPBES: Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’
Current global response insufficient; 'transformative changes' needed to restore and protect nature; opposition from vested interests can be overcome for...
UNH researchers discover new strain of canine distemper in wild animals in NH, VT
Virus highly contagious to domesticated dogsCredit: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department DURHAM, N.H.--A distinct strain of canine distemper virus, which...
Dataset bridges human vision and machine learning
Neuroscience, computer vision collaborate to better understand visual information processing PITTSBURGH--Neuroscientists and computer vision scientists say a new dataset of...
Taming defective porous materials for robust and selective heterogeneous catalysis
Credit: Manuel A. Ortuño (ICIQ) The production of 1-butene via ethylene dimerization is one of the few industrial processes that...
Filming how our immune system kill bacteria
To kill bacteria in the blood, our immune system relies on nanomachines that can open deadly holes in their targets....
Hopping bacteria
New look at behavior upends common assumptions about bacteriaCredit: Courtesy of the researchers Current biological models assume that many bacteria...
Rethinking digital service design could reduce their environmental impact
Digital technology companies could reduce the carbon footprint of services like YouTube by changing how they are designed, experts say....
Five things to know about physician suicide
Physician suicide is an urgent problem with rates higher than suicide rates in the general public, with potential for extensive...
High rates of Indigenous people in jail is a health crisis
The overincarceration of Indigenous people in Canada is a health crisis, causing more years of life to be lost than...
Program involving community volunteers shows promise for reducing health care use by seniors
Incorporating community volunteers into the health care system shows promise in reducing health care usage by older adults and shifting...
Nearly half of public wrongly believe heart failure is normal in old age
Low awareness of heart failure among patients and the public is highlighted in surveys to be presented during Heart Failure...
Fitness may affect risk of lung, colorectal cancer and survival likelihood after diagnosis
In a recent study, adults who were the most fit had the lowest risk of developing lung and colorectal cancer....
Index that tracks impact of pharmaceuticals worldwide to relaunch, focus on more diseases
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The Global Health Impact Index, developed by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York to...
UV lights on power lines may help save Sandhill cranes
Credit: James Dwyer, EDM International Crane species are declining around the world, and lethal collisions with power lines are an...
Using a mobile while browsing the shelves may make shoppers buy more
In-store mobile phone use that is unrelated to shopping may be associated with an increase in unplanned purchases, according to...
Banana disease boosted by climate change
Credit: Dan Bebber Climate change has raised the risk of a fungal disease that ravages banana crops, new research shows....
Managing architectural distortion on mammography based on MR enhancement
Results to be exhibited at 2019 ARRS Annual Meeting Leesburg, VA, May 5, 2019--High negative predictive values (NPV) in mammography...
Comparison between clinicians’ and radiologists’ understanding and imaging of breast pain
Results to be exhibited at 2019 ARRS Annual Meeting Leesburg, VA, May 5, 2019--Clinicians need more education in the types...
Excessive use of skin cancer surgery curbed with awareness effort
Johns Hopkins, partners show simple physician-to-physician intervention can yield higher-value care for patients, save millions of dollarsCredit: Lesion photo courtesy...
