Farm-like indoor microbiota may protect children from asthma also in urban homes
Credit: National Institute for Health and Welfare Earlier research has shown that growing up on a farm with animals may as much as half the...
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U-M researchers testing ways to make aspen-dominated forests resilient to climate change
Credit: Roger Hart, University of Michigan Photography. PELLSTON--In an aspen-dominated hardwood forest at the northern tip of the state's Lower Peninsula, University of Michigan scientists...
Social media use contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research finds
Social media use is contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research presented in a paper by Sujarwoto Sujarwoto, Gindo Tampubolon and Adi Cilik Pierewan...
Managing the risk of aggressive dog behavior
Aggressive behaviour in pet dogs is a serious problem for dog owners across the world, with bite injuries representing a serious risk to both people...
Do video games drive obesity?
A chubby teen lolling on the sofa for hours on end, the game controller in one hand, a bag of crisps at his side and...
No chance for data leeches
KIT researchers have developed an app to protect mobile data without limiting the usability of popular appsCredit: Lydia Albrecht, KIT Messenger, games, fitness trainers: Internet...
Wheat myth debunked
The pervasive myth that intensive breeding has made modern wheat cultivars weaker and more dependent on pesticides and fertilisers is debunked by a major new...
Cold weather increases the risk of fatal opioid overdoses
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Cold weather snaps are followed by a marked increase in fatal opioid overdoses, a new study finds. A research team led by...
NASA selects Carnegie Mellon to develop lunar pit exploration technology
New funding will advance technology for eventual moon missionCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--NASA has approved a $2 million research initiative for Carnegie Mellon University roboticists...
UCF is part of NASA Cassini mission that reveals new details about Saturn’s rings
Researchers are offering glimpses into the nature and composition of Saturn's legendary rings by using data from some of the closest observations ever made of...
Bees required to create an excellent blueberry crop
Southeern blueberry bees are the bestCredit: Photo credit Blair Sampson, ARS. BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, June 17, 2019--Getting an excellent rabbiteye blueberry harvest requires helpful pollinators--particularly...
Antioxidant puts up fight, but loses battle against protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease
AMES, Iowa - New research may explain why an antioxidant that protects the brain is also associated with deterioration in areas susceptible to Alzheimer's disease....
Frontera named 5th fastest supercomputer in the world
TACC's leadership-class system tops all academic supercomputers, achieves 23.5 PetaFLOPS on Top500 benchmarkCredit: Jorge Salazar, TACC The Frontera supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center...
Meteors help Martian clouds form
How did the Red Planet get all of its clouds? CU Boulder researchers may have discovered the secret: just add meteors. Astronomers have long observed...
Research highlights possible targets to help tackle Crohn’s disease
The research has focused on different types of cells called macrophages, and how they work when bacteria are presentCredit: University of Plymouth Affecting around 115,000...
