New study unravels the complexity of childhood obesity
Credit: University of Notre Dame The World Health Organization has estimated more than 340 million children and adolescents ages 5-19 are overweight or obese, and...
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Scientists find new way to sustainably make chemicals by copying nature’s tricks
Credit: Patrik Jones/Imperial College London Researchers have copied the way organisms produce toxic chemicals without harming themselves, paving the way for greener chemical and fuel...
Biodiverse forests better at storing carbon for long periods, says study
Researchers look at unlogged forests in IndiaCredit: Anand Osuri As the effects of climate change are increasingly felt around the world, possible solutions, from reducing...
Grower citizen science project uses collaboration to improve soil health
Credit: Natasja van Gestel West Texas cotton growers face many environmental challenges, including rising temperatures, higher temperature extremes, less rainfall, and a decline in groundwater...
Genes controlling mycorrhizal colonization discovered in soybean
Credit: Michelle Pawlowski, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like most plants, soybeans pair up with soil fungi in a symbiotic mycorrhizal relationship. In exchange...
Cumulative overweight pregnancies increase risk of maternal midlife obesity
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.,publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 6, 2020--Not only is excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) associated with increased long-term maternal weight, but...
Shutdown of coal-fired plants in US saves lives and improves crop yields
Between 2005 and 2016, the shift away from coal saved an estimated 26,610 lives and 570 million bushels of cropsCredit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications...
Jaguars could prevent a not-so-great American biotic exchange
Maintaining tropical forest predators in Darien could keep coyotes at bayCredit: Fundacion Yaguara Panama For the first time, coyotes (Canis latrans) and crab-eating foxes (Cerdocyon...
Astronomers spot distant galaxy group driving ancient cosmic makeover
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA and V. Tilvi (ASU) An international team of astronomers funded in part by NASA has found the farthest galaxy group identified...
Vaping lung injury symptoms have been reported online for at least seven years
UC Riverside research used internet data mining to monitor health effects reported by electronic cigarette users over timeCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. --...
Story tips: Weather days, grid balance and scaling reactors
From the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National LaboratoryCredit: Southern Company Energy - Whatever the weather To better determine the potential energy cost savings among...
In a nearby galaxy, a fast radio burst unravels more questions than answers
Credit: Danielle Futselaar (artsource.nl) For more than a decade, astronomers across the globe have wrestled with the perplexities of fast radio bursts -- intense, unexplained...
Wearable AC
University of Missouri engineers design on-skin electronic device providing a personal air conditioner without needing electricityCredit: University of Missouri One day, soldiers could cool down...
NASA’s Hubble surveys gigantic galaxy
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA and B. Holwerda (University of Louisville) This majestic spiral galaxy might earn the nickname the "Godzilla galaxy" because it may be...
Study shows animal life thriving around Fukushima
Researchers document more than 20 species in nuclear accident zoneCredit: UGA Nearly a decade after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, researchers from the University...
