New research tracks the history of manatees across Earth’s oceans
DURHAM, N.C. — Zoologists refer to manatees and dugongs as “sea cows” but a simple internet search might return the more playful moniker “floaty potatoes.”Credit:...
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Tokyo will host the 7th Digital Olfaction Society Annual Meeting
The 7th International Meeting of the Digital Olfaction Society (DOS) will take place on November 29-30 in Tokyo, Japan, and Online. This meeting is headed...
‘Synthetic’ embryo with brain and beating heart grown from multiple stem cells by Cambridge scientists
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have created model embryos from mouse stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of...
Study: Has prescription monitoring curbed the opioid epidemic?
Mandates designed to decrease opioid prescriptions in the U.S. have worked, but they also have had an unintended and undesirable public health outcome, according to...
Pandemic response in Mayotte: How approaches need to be adapted to local community needs
The COVID-19 pandemic together with its challenges hit the French overseas department Mayotte at a time the island in the Indian Ocean faced an unprecedented...
Long-term relationship with owner reduces horses’ stress reactions in new situations
A new study shows that horses can be more reluctant in new situations if they have multiple riders, have had several owners or the horse...
Climate extremes: The energy required for adaptation calls for stronger mitigation efforts
A new study published today in Nature Communications by researchers from the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the European Institute on Economics and the Environment and the London...
New report highlights opportunities for conservation of ladybirds globally
A report into the global status of ladybirds reveals the threats they face and lays out a roadmap for conservation. These vital pest controllers for...
Apply for free Capture the Fracture assessment and recognition for your Fracture Liaison Service
The International Osteoporosis Foundation’s (IOF) Capture the Fracture® program recently launched a new, enhanced online platform to enable coordinated post-fracture care (PFC) services (commonly known as...
Feeling anxious or blue? Ultra-processed foods may be to blame
Do you love those sugary-sweet beverages, reconstituted meat products and packaged snacks? You may want to reconsider based on a new study that explored whether...
The talking dead: burials inform migrations in Indonesia
The discovery by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) of three bodies on Indonesia’s Alor Island, dating from 7,500 to 13,000 years ago, sheds...
Mechanism behind deadly fungal infection on top of influenza or Covid-19 deciphered
Over 15 per cent of all critically ill patients who end up in intensive care with severe influenza or Covid-19 additionally develop aspergillosis, a pulmonary...
Hospitalizations for unintentional cannabis poisonings among Canadian children surged after legalization, particularly in jurisdictions where the sale of cannabis edibles was allowed
Canada has seen a 6.3 fold increase in hospitalizations for unintentional cannabis poisoning among children under the age of 10 since the legalization of recreational...
NIH experts review monkeypox challenges
WHAT: Lessons learned from the public health responses to the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics should help guide the response to the current outbreak of monkeypox,...
Experiment on YouTube reveals potential to ‘inoculate’ millions of users against misinformation
Short animations giving viewers a taste of the tactics behind misinformation can help to “inoculate” people against harmful content on social media when deployed in...
