Society is rejecting facts; medical researchers can help
Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University One study says coffee is good for you, while another study says that it's not. They're both right, within...
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Bolivian forager-farmers with amazing heart health are split over what makes a good life
Lifestyle may be central to maintaining health in a small society undergoing change in livelihood and nutrition, Baylor University researcher findsCredit: Juan Pablo Ticona-Contreras A...
In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes
Larger mosquitoes better at transmitting disease, put residents at riskCredit: CDC (Millbrook, NY) Low-income urban neighborhoods not only have more mosquitoes, but they are larger-bodied,...
UW study advances alignment of single-wall carbon nanotubes along common axis
Credit: University of Wyoming A University of Wyoming researcher and his team have shown, for the first time, the ability to globally align single-wall carbon...
Syphilis infection rates in dialysis patients exceed general population
Credit: Phil Jones, AU senior photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 15 , 2019) - Syphilis rates, like other sexually transmitted disease rates in the United States,...
Researchers uncover novel virus type that may shed light on viral evolution
Credit: FIGURE ADAPTED FROM Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 75 (2019) 103975. © 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. Viruses are non-living creatures, consisting of genetic material...
Alfalfa and potassium: It’s complicated
Credit: Deborah Samac Has anyone ever told you to eat a banana when you have a muscle cramp or eye twitch? That's because bananas have...
Sweetened drinks represented 62% of children’s drink sales in 2018
None of the 34 top-selling sweetened children's drinks met expert recommendations for healthier drinks for childrenCredit: Bill Kelly, Kelly Design Company Hartford, Conn. -- Fruit...
Harnessing plasmonics for precision agriculture worldwide
A Moore Inventor Fellowship is supporting a Duke engineer in her quest to develop a small, inexpensive hyperspectral cameraCredit: Jon Stewart, Duke University DURHAM, N.C....
UTA project evaluates damage from natural disasters quickly, accelerates claims process
Better tools to assess natural disaster damageCredit: UT Arlington A civil engineer at The University of Texas at Arlington will use unmanned aerial vehicles, or...
NASA’s Aqua satellite reveals flooding in Japan from Typhoon Hagibis
Credit: NASA Worldview Typhoon Hagibis made landfall in Japan over the weekend of October 12 and 13, bringing damaging winds, rough surf and flooding rains....
Study: Nonsurgical treatment options effective for sinus issues
A new study shows medication, not surgery, can be a successful therapeutic option for severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polypsCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI...
Reclamation awards $8.9 million for innovative solutions in water and power management
Credit: Bureau of Reclamation/Alex Stephens The Bureau of Reclamation is providing $8.9 million to 27 new research projects and 114 continuing research projects through its...
Two new porcelain crab species discovered
Credit: T. Britayev and D. Martin Two new porcelain crab species have been described in the ZooKeys journal by scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research...
Increased risk of tularemia as the climate changes
Credit: Jolanta Dabrowska/Mostphotos Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a method for statistically predicting impacts of climate change on outbreaks of tularemia in humans. The...
