West Virginia’s enduring, intertwined epidemics: Opioids and HIV
Credit: West Virginia University Long before COVID-19 entered the picture, West Virginia had been battling two other major public health crises: opioids and HIV. Dr....
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For breakthroughs in slowing aging, scientists must look beyond biology
Incorporating social and behavioral factors alongside biological mechanisms is critical for improving aging research, according to a trio of studies by leading social scientistsCredit: John...
Traditional hydrologic models may misidentify snow as rain, new citizen science data shows
Tahoe Rain or Snow weather spotters help reduce inaccuracies in estimating precipitation in the Sierra NevadaCredit: Desert Research Institute Reno, Nev. (Feb. 22, 2021)- Normally,...
Optical measurement technology and space data to increase the effectiveness of forestry
The University of Vaasa, Skogstekniska klustret and Adopticum are together researching how optical measurement technologies and satellite data can be used to increase the efficiency...
Rice’s Yingyan Lin receives NSF CAREER Award
Engineer recognized for advances in ubiquitous on-device intelligence and green AICredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 22, 2021) - Yingyan Lin, an assistant professor of...
Toddler sleep patterns matter
UD study links inconsistent sleep times to higher body mass index (BMI) percentilesCredit: Photo by Ashley Barnas Establishing a consistent sleep schedule for a toddler...
Politics and the brain: Attention perks up when politicians break with party lines
fMRI study shows stronger neurological responses for politically incongruent positionsCredit: Craig Chandler University Communication University of Nebraska-Lincoln In a time of extreme political polarization, hearing...
NASA’s Swift helps tie neutrino to star-shredding black hole
Credit: ZTF/Caltech Optical Observatories For only the second time, astronomers have linked an elusive particle called a high-energy neutrino to an object outside our galaxy....
Unique study of isolated bobcat population confirms accuracy of extinction model
Genetic follow-up on offspring of felines brought to island 30 years earlier validates population viability analysisCredit: Jim Jordan/Town of Kiawah Island The reintroduction of 32...
Biological assessment of world’s rivers presents incomplete but bleak picture
Credit: Oregon State University An international team of scientists, including two from Oregon State University, conducted a biological assessment of the world's rivers and the...
Study could explain tuberculosis bacteria paradox
TB-causing bacteria remember prior stress, react quickly to new stressCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 22, 2021) -Tuberculosis bacteria have evolved to remember stressful...
Vilcek Foundation video celebrates developmental geneticist Ruth Lehmann
Ruth Lehmann is the recipient of the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical ScienceCredit: The Vilcek Foundation NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2021--The Vilcek Foundation celebrates the...
How do patients with cystic fibrosis respond to COVID-19?
A grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will aid researchers in their search for answersCredit: Ruobing Wang, MD, Boston Children's Hospital So far, based on...
NYUAD researchers develop high throughput paper-based arrays of 3D tumor models
New technology will help researchers predict the outcomes of drug efficacy and can guide the development of drug treatments for tumorsCredit: NYU Abu Dhabi Abu...
New therapeutic approach may help treat age-related macular degeneration effectively
Inhibiting a gene involved in the abnormal growth of blood vessels in certain ocular disorders may reduce retinal neovascularization, researchers report in The American Journal...