Towards a worldwide inventory of all plants
Researchers from Göttingen publish global database of regional plant lifeCredit: Ptarick Wiegelt Declining biodiversity due to man-made habitat destruction and climate change means that information...
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Research advances smartphone solution for diagnostic testing in remote rural areas
Credit: SFU A Simon Fraser University researcher is hoping to help women in rural areas access information about their reproductive health using a common tool...
The two faces of the Jekyll gene
Dual allelic state of Jekyll discoveredCredit: Stefan Ortleb & Twan Rutten The corresponding genes are lineage-specific for the grass tribes Triticeae and Bromeae and functioned...
Learning from experience is all in the timing
Credit: Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University As animals explore their environment, they learn to master it. By discovering what sounds tend...
Academic reviewers to now more easily receive credit for their work
San Francisco, CA., June 26, 2019---PLOS today announced that its collaboration with ORCID now includes credit for reviewers. For more than five years, PLOS authors...
Former war refugee maps habitat for West African bird
Credit: Benedictus Freeman LAWRENCE -- Growing up in Liberia during that country's brutal 14-year civil war, Benedictus Freeman and his family fled into the rainforest,...
The fundamental physics of frequency combs sheds light on nature’s problem-solving skills
Insight into laser frequency combs improves understanding, advances technology Nature has a way of finding optimal solutions to complex problems. For example, despite the billions...
Neanderthals used resin ‘glue’ to craft their stone tools
Archaeologists working in two Italian caves have discovered some of the earliest known examples of ancient humans using an adhesive on their stone tools--an important...
Use of evidence-based therapies for youth psychiatric treatment is slow to catch on
Intensive training and practices with 'proficient culture' are critical to evidence-based therapy use PHILADELPHIA--We all hope--and probably expect--that clinicians use only mental health therapies that...
How you charge your mobile phone could compromise its battery lifespan
Credit: WMG, University of Warwick Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick have found that use of inductive charging, whilst highly convenient, risks depleting...
Is multiple sclerosis linked to childhood viral infections?
UNIGE researchers have discovered a potential link between viral infections in the brain in childhood and the risk to develop auto-immune disease in adulthoodCredit: ©...
Undercounting of agroforestry skews climate change mitigation planning and reporting
Agroforestry is overlooked in global climate change reporting systems, resulting in missed opportunities to account for a major carbon sinkCredit: S Odeyo, World Agroforestry. https://flic.kr/p/iq9Cii...
Migraine increases the risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth
Pregnant women with migraine have an increased risk of miscarriage, cesarean sections and giving birth to a child with low birth weight; this is shown...
Study: Internet perpetuates job market inequality
Recent research finds the internet is giving employers and job seekers access to more information, but has not made the hiring process more meritocratic. Instead,...
Immune damage may explain ineffectiveness of high-dose radiation against lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When it comes to using radiation against lung cancer, preliminary clinical studies were pretty clear: More is better. So...
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