Craig Levin, PhD, receives SNMMI Mars Shot Fund award
Reston, Virginia—The SNMMI Mars Shot Research Fund is excited to announce that Craig Levin, PhD, professor of radiology, physics, electrical engineering and bioengineering at Stanford...
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When it comes to bumblebees, does size matter?
Certain crops, like greenhouse tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, and blueberries, rely on bumblebees for a style of pollination that only bumblebees can perform. Among growers, the...
Introducing Environmental Research: Food Systems – IOP Publishing’s new OA journal dedicated to achieving sustainable global food solutions
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is expanding its open access (OA) Environmental Research portfolio to address the urgent need for sustainable food solutions globally. Environmental Research: Food...
Knowledge coproduction: Working together to solve a complex conservation problem
A new publication from a team of scientists at USGS, Point Blue Conservation Science, and Conservation Biology Institute shows how knowledge coproduction - the collaborative...
Researchers dig deep to unveil causes of decline for North America’s smallest falcon
The American Kestrel, a colorful and charismatic falcon, has kept researchers scratching their heads for years. Population declines are confirmed across North America, but who...
Does multimorbidity impact chronic disease treatment?
Treatment efficacy for a broad range of chronic diseases does not differ depending on patients’ comorbidities, according to a new study publishing June 6th in...
Order in chaos: Atmosphere’s Antarctic oscillation has natural cycle
HOUSTON – (June 6, 2023) – Climate scientists at Rice University have discovered an “internally generated periodicity” — a natural cycle that repeats every 150...
Two brain mechanisms for picking speech out of a crowd
Researchers led by Dr. Nima Mesgarani at Columbia University, US, report that the brain treats speech in a crowded room differently depending on how easy...
To prevent future pandemics, leave bats alone
A new paper in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health makes the case that pandemic prevention requires a global taboo whereby humanity agrees to leave...
Investments advance brain research, name MRI for longtime BrainHealth couple
The Laurie and Todd Platt BrainHealth Project MRI Scanner will help researchers identify neural markers of improved brain healthCredit: Center for BrainHealth The Laurie and...
Nebraska scientists closing in on long-lasting swine flu vaccine
A successful long-term experiment with live hogs indicates Nebraska scientists may be another step closer to achieving a safe, long-lasting and potentially universal vaccine against...
Why are dog breeds with innate diseases popular?
Flat-faced dogs, such as French and English Bulldogs, are extremely popular despite suffering from severe innate diseases. Hungarian researchers have attempted to uncover the explanation...
The problems with coal ash start smaller than anyone thought
DURHAM, N.C. – Everyone knows that burning coal causes air pollution that is harmful to the climate and human health. But the ash left over...
Noninvasive modulation of brain hemodynamic and metabolic states by near-infrared light
The human brain is a dominant site for energy metabolism in the body. The intrinsic contraction and relaxation of the vascular walls, also known as...
Researchers target proteins, pathways behind congenital heart disease
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center characterized the expression of thousands of cardiac...
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