The nicotine in e-cigarettes appears to impair mucus clearance
Credit: ATS June 7, 2019--E-cigarette vaping with nicotine appears to hamper mucus clearance from the airways, according to new research published online in the American...
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NHS-funded private sector hip operations worsening health inequality
New research examining the impact of outsourcing NHS hip operations to the private sector concludes that continuing the trend towards private provision and reducing NHS...
Fishers keen to help address the problem of marine litter
Credit: Fishing for Litter Commercial fishers are acutely aware of the potential for marine litter to cause lasting damage to their catches and the wider...
Kessler foundation receives $1 million to study novel treatments for spinal cord injury
Tim Reynolds, co-founder of Wall Street's Jane Street Capital, funds new avenue of research at the Center for Spinal Stimulation at Kessler FoundationCredit: Kessler Foundation/Rob...
Understanding Amazonia’s mysterious ocelots
Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS Researchers conducted a 12-year study from 2010 to 2017 on ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in the Brazilian Amazon, deploying 899 camera traps...
Bird personalities influenced by both age and experience, study shows
New research by University of Alberta biologists examines development of personality in birdsCredit: Jan J. Wijmenga For birds, differences in personality are a function of...
Changing minds: How do you communicate with climate change skeptics?
UNLV researcher develops new method for categorizing climate change beliefs and shares tactics for communicating with deniersCredit: Aaron Mayes/UNLV Creative Services Warming oceans. Shrinking ice...
Study confirms banded iron formations originated from oxidized iron
New research from University of Alberta scientists dispels misconceptions about origins of banded iron formationsCredit: Tom Price A new study by University of Alberta scientists...
New model predicts impact of invasive lionfish predators on coral reefs
Marine biologists uncover clues about what makes invasive lionfish such effective predators on reefs in the Atlantic and CaribbeanCredit: Mark Albins, Ohio State University A...
Taking stock of Indonesia’s reef fishes
Credit: Fakhrizal Setiawan A research team estimated the natural stock of reef fishes from three regencies in the lesser Sunda-Banda Seascape in Indonesia to fill...
Counting the uncounted
Credit: WCS Though abundance is a fundamental measure in ecology and environmental management, detecting all individuals in a population is usually impossible when monitoring, so...
Fertilizer plants emit 100 times more methane than reported
ITHACA, N.Y. - Emissions of methane from the industrial sector have been vastly underestimated, researchers from Cornell University and Environmental Defense Fund have found. Using...
Leopard coral grouper: Overexploited
Credit: Dhani Researchers measured the population stock in Saleh Bay, Indonesia of the commercially valuable leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus), a species subject to population...
Northeastern deer more susceptible to wasting disease than those to the west
Credit: Joe Kosack, Pennsylvania Game Commission Some deer are more susceptible to chronic wasting disease that is spreading through herds of white-tailed deer across much...
The Lancet editor Richard Horton to be honored June 10, 2019
2019 Roux Prize winner is 'relentlessly taking on issues' to advance health, challenge the medical profession, and promote human rights LONDON - Dr. Richard Horton,...
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