New research says location of protected areas vital to wildlife survival
Credit: Evan Richardson Location, location, location is not just a buzzword for homebuyers. A new study, by 17 conservation scientists and environmental scholars, say the...
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Researchers may be underestimating roadkill numbers
A new study in the Journal of Urban Ecology, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that the number of wild animals killed by motor vehicles...
What financial markets, cancer cells, and global warming have in common
A team of biophysicists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) presents a mathematically concise method for comparing different pricing models in their latest publication in Natu..
WSU Tri-Cities team researching use of fungi to restore native plant populations
Credit: Washington State University RICHLAND, Wash. - Transplanting fungi to restore native plant populations in the Midwest and Northwest is the focus of efforts by...
New tool predicts eye, hair and skin color from a DNA sample of an unidentified individual
Credit: Walsh lab in School of Science at IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS - An international team, led by scientists from the School of Science at IUPUI and...
Eco-friendly water treatment works best with experienced bacterial flora
Sustainable, biological filters called slow sand filters have been used to filter drinking water since the 1800s. They don't use any chemicals, create no waste...
Even low concentrations of silver can foil wastewater treatment
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research at Oregon State University has shed new light how an increasingly common consumer product component - silver nanoparticles - can potentially...
Call for low-cost approach to tackle disease afflicting millions of the world’s poorest
Credit: Brighton and Sussex Medical School Researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) are asking governments in the developing world to adopt a low-cost,...
Caring, accountability, and continuity: What patients and caregivers want during hospital care transition
(Boston)-- Hospitals are continuously working to improve care transitions, the time when patients are discharged from the hospital and moved to post-acute care facilities or...
Homeless veterans at increased risk of hospital readmission after surgery
May 14, 2018 - For veterans undergoing surgery in the VA healthcare system, homelessness is an important risk factor for unplanned hospital readmission, reports a...
UA sleep researcher receives $3.6 million grant to study sleep health on US-Mexico border
Credit: UA BioComminications Michael A. Grandner, PhD, MTR, director of the University of Arizona Sleep and Health Research Program, has been awarded a $3.6 million...
ACP tells Congress: Spending cuts would hurt public health
Washington, DC (May 14, 2018) -- In a letter to congressional leadership, the American College of Physicians (ACP) said that proposed spending cuts would damage...
Caring, accountability, and continuity: What patients and caregivers want during hospital care trans
(Boston)-- Hospitals are continuously working to improve care transitions, the time when patients are discharged from the hospital and moved to post-acute care facilities or...
UA sleep researcher receives $3.6 millin grant to study sleep health on US-Mexico border
Credit: UA BioComminications Michael A. Grandner, PhD, MTR, director of the University of Arizona Sleep and Health Research Program, has been awarded a $3.6 million...
Wearable technology to track brain, predict illness
Credit: University of Houston University of Houston electrical engineer Rose T. Faghih has been awarded $175,000 by the National Science Foundation to examine whether wrist-worn...
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