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Asian elephants may lose up to 42 percent of suitable habitats in India and Nepal
Credit: Photo: Priya Davidar & Jean-Philippe Puyravaud Protecting and expanding suitable habitats for wildlife is key to the conservation of...
New study indicates early-term infants can succeed at breastfeeding
Contrary to earlier research, early birth need not impact nursing success Researchers have determined that healthy premature babies can have...
U-M biologists capture super-creepy photos of Amazon spiders making meals of frogs, lizards
Credit: Emanuele Biggi, in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation ANN ARBOR--Warning to arachnophobes and the faint of heart: This is the...
Study: Pesticide exposure contributes to faster ALS progression
While exact causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remain unknown, new research showspesticides and other environmental pollutants advance the progression...
Code used to reduce quantum error in logic gates for first time
Error detection in logic gates opens path to further improvements in quantum computersCredit: University of Sydney Scientists at the University...
UCI researcher awarded nearly $4 million to study neurological disorders including epilepsy
Credit: Geoff Abbott/UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - February 28, 2019 - University of California, Irvine School of Medicine...
Goethe University co-ordinates mega-project on cybersecurity and data protection
European Commission signs CyberSec4Europe Grant AgreementCredit: Dettmar/Goethe University With a total grant amount of € 16 million, 'mega' is hardly...
New sanitation system halves healthcare associated infections and cuts costs by 75 percent
Bocconi University scholars calculated the savings produced by a sanitation methods that uses ecologically sustainable detergents containing spores of three...
Mindfulness could promote positive body image
Awareness of internal body signals can affect the way we see ourselves -- new study Making people more aware of...
Interactive surfaces enter a whole new dimension of flexibility
Researchers have developed a display that utilizes a flexible tube and liquid droplets inside it as a display materialCredit: Osaka...
Researchers identify how metabolites target brain-homing immune cells to treat MS
The discovery could lead to novel, more specific, and more effective MS therapies and a better understanding of how the...
Cell atlas of the aging lung
Credit: ©Helmholtz Zentrum München The lung is a highly complex organ in which a great number of very different cells...
Actor, advocate LeVar Burton named 2019 Inamori Ethics Prize-winner
CLEVELAND (For release Thursday, Feb. 28, 9:30 a.m.)--LeVar Burton, a celebrated American actor, director, producer and writer for more than...
Clues to Martian life found in Chilean desert
A trial NASA rover mission in the Mars-like Atacama desert has successfully recovered subterranean organisms -- strange, scattered, salt-resistant bacteria...