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Green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon
Credit: (Photo: Lauren Jensen) MADISON - For many ecologists, fieldwork involves majestic mountains or rushing rivers or large tracts of...
Unclassified version of new report predicts small drone threats to infantry units
WASHINGTON - The emergence of inexpensive small unmanned aircraft systems (sUASs) that operate without a human pilot, commonly known as...
Escape artist
Credit: Aaron LeBlanc Imagine that you're a voracious carnivore who sinks its teeth into the tail of a small reptile...
Mosquito gut may hold the key to preventing Dengue and Zika
Credit: (Purdue University photo/ Rodney McPhail) The midgut of a mosquito may hold the key to preventing mosquito-borne diseases like...
Lithium-related discovery could extend battery life and improve safety
Credit: Arizona State Unviersity Lithium-metal batteries are among the most promising candidates for high-density energy storage technology in an expanding...
Study suggests native UK Pine martens are helping to control invasive gray squirrels
Credit: University of Aberdeen AMHERST, Mass. - For many years, populations of a little red squirrel with cute ear tufts,...
BU study: Insurance status affects in-hospital complication rates after total knee arthroplasty
(Boston)-- In-hospital complications following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are higher among Medicare and Medicaid patients compared to those with private...
Logo recognition associated with kids’ choice of international junk foods
Credit: Dina Borzekowski Young children in six low- and middle-income countries prefer junk food and sugar sweetened beverages over traditional...
Running on renewables: How sure can we be about the future?
A variety of models predict the role renewables will play in 2050, but some may be over-optimistic, and should be...
Portland State receives $1m grant to aid STEM transfer students
Portland State University faculty have received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help students transferring from...
Social status influences infection risk and disease-induced mortality
Credit: Sarah Benhaiem/Leibniz-IZW Spotted hyena cubs of high-ranking mothers have a lower probability of infection with and are more likely...
Study advances research in pelvic organ prolapse among women
By measuring the sagging of the vaginal walls in more than a thousand volunteers for up to nine years annually,...
People with depression have stronger emotional responses to negative memories
Philadelphia, March 6, 2018 - People with major depressive disorder (MDD) feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences than...
Environmental exposures more determinant of respiratory health than inherited genetics
Toronto (March 6, 2018) - Researchers have found strong evidence that environmental exposures, including air pollution, affect gene expressions associated...
Photosynthesis originated a billion years earlier than we thought, study shows
Credit: Elsevier London, March 6, 2018 - Ancient microbes may have been producing oxygen through photosynthesis a billion years earlier...
Major step found in cellular response to stress caused by pathological insult
PHILADELPHIA - (March 6, 2018) - A new study conducted by researchers at The Wistar Institute revealed how a key...
Why the latest shingles vaccine is more than 90 percent effective
Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research A new study has shown how the body's immune system responds to the new...
Texas A&M chemists use technology to decode language of lipid-protein interaction
Credit: Laganowsky Laboratory, Texas A&M University Technology has a massive impact on our day-to-day lives, right down to the cellular...
Many small differences contribute to a large variation
Drugs are not equally effective for everyone. To some extent, this is due to the fact that people's bodies will...
Paying attention as the eyes move
Credit: Photo: DPZ During daily life, we routinely pay attention to a few important objects in our visual scene. We...
