Geographers find tipping point in deforestation
Global satellite imagery shows transitions occur quickly after blocks of forest are cut in halfCredit: Tomasz Stepinski/UC University of Cincinnati geography researchers have identified a...
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Researchers develop predictive tools to tackle childhood diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana
Credit: Virginia Tech In 2006, more than 400 children under the age of 5 died during an outbreak of diarrheal disease in Botswana. In what...
New recommendations released on bedsharing to promote breastfeeding
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 7, 2020--Leading experts representing The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) have released new evidence-based recommendations...
NASA sees Tropical Storm Blake’s center off Australia’s Kimberley Coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Terra satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean on January 7 and found...
Study of cardiac muscles in flies might help you keep your heart young
Credit: Hua Bai AMES, Iowa - Researchers may have discovered a way to turn back the clock on aging heart muscles in fruit flies, a...
New MS treatment trial compares stem cell transplantation to best available drugs
NIH-funded study focuses on severe forms of relapsing MSCredit: NIAID A clinical trial has begun testing an experimental stem cell treatment against the best available...
Grant aims to improve environmental education
Credit: Daniel Pratson. Field trips can be transformative experiences for students: Having the chance to get outside of the classroom, learn from passionate practitioners and...
UTEP professor named a 2019 National Academy of Inventors fellow
Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre / UTEP Communications Ryan Wicker, Ph.D., director and founder of The University of Texas at El Paso's W.M. Keck Center for...
Mayo Clinic researchers pursue single-dose gene therapy to treat cocaine addiction
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 7, 2020--In a radical new approach to treat cocaine addition, researchers at the Mayo Clinic...
Rural water wells in High Plains Aquifer show large increase in nitrate levels
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Private well owners should test water quality annually, according to a recent Kansas State University study that revealed...
1.2M NSF grant provides research opportunities for underserved students
Credit: Peter Means for Virginia Tech Many great scientific collaborations have existed throughout history: Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson did the mathematical calculations...
New compounds block master regulator of cancer growth, metastasis
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have developed new drug compounds that thwart the pro-cancer activity of FOXM1, a transcription factor...
Ultrasound selectively damages cancer cells when tuned to correct frequencies
Low-intensity approach targets cancer cells by their mechanical properties and illustrates the promise of the emerging field of oncotripsyCredit: David Mittelstein WASHINGTON, D.C., January 7,...
Fast radio burst observations deepen astronomical mystery
Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of a repeating Fast Radio Burst to a nearby spiral galaxy, challenging theories on the unknown source of these pulsesCredit:...
Surprise! TESS shows ancient north star undergoes eclipses
Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS Astronomers using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have shown that Alpha Draconis, a well-studied star visible to the naked eye,...
