American football: The first quarter is crucial
Can the month you are born in increase your chances of playing American pro football? Apparently so. Researchers from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire have found...
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Moral emotions, a diagnotic tool for frontotemporal dementia?
Paris, France --June 14, 2019- A study conducted by Marc Teichmann and Carole Azuar at the Brain and Spine Institute in Paris (France) and at...
Nephrology and Public Policy Committee (NPPC) aims to intensify research activity
"Epidemiological and clinical research and public policy in Europe are generally considered to be comprehensive and successful, but there is potential for improvement and scope...
Understanding social structure is important to rewilding
Study cites elephant reintroduction programs as a model for wildlife releases Increasing the success of wildlife translocations is critical, given the escalating global threats to...
Can we still have fun if the UK goes carbon neutral?
Mainstream strategies generally address the challenge of reducing carbon by reviewing consumption, but a complementary approach looks at how people spend their time. Researchers from...
SPbU scientists have discovered the first family of extracellular Rickettsia-like bacteria
Microbiologists have discovered a new family of bacteria belonging to the order Rickettsiales -- Deianiraeaceae; this is the first report of the Rickettsia-like bacteria that...
Overweight men are inhibiting childbirth
Credit: University of Tartu About 15% of couples in fertile age have experienced fertility problems. Men contribute to 50% of the cases when a couple...
USC study finds e-cigarette cartoon ads may increase likelihood of vaping
Research suggests that exposure to cartoon-based advertisements for e-cigarettes is related to greater potential for young adults to use the products in the future. Like...
Part of the immune strategy of the strawberry plant is characterized
Credit: University of Cordoba Seven years have gone by since the first publication of the strawberry plant's complete genoma (Fragaria vesca), and all the information...
UMass Amherst cell biologist chosen for Pew Scholars Biomedical Research Program
Award includes four years of funding to explore biomedicine's most challenging questionsCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst biologist Lillian Fritz-Laylin is one of 22...
A new paradigm of material identification based on graph theory
Credit: Science China Press Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) and National Materials Genome Project have been launched by American and Chinese government in the past decade....
No evidence for increased egg predation in the Arctic
Published in Science on June 14, 2019 Credit: Jeroen Reneerkens Climate and ecosystems are changing, but predation on shorebird nests has changed little across the...
Artificial nose identifies malignant tissue in brain tumours during surgery
Credit: Antti Roine An artificial nose developed at Tampere University, Finland, helps neurosurgeons to identify cancerous tissue during surgery and enables the more precise excision...
American Physical Society announces awardees of the Fundamental Physics Innovation Awards
The awards, funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, hope to stimulate ideas on innovative ways in which emerging technologies can be used to...
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The current NorÂweÂgian BarÂents Sea oil spill risk governance frameÂwork would need considerable remodelingCredit: Tuuli Parviainen A recent case study from the University of Helsinki...
