The winter weather window that is costing rapeseed growers millions
Credit: Phil Robinson UK rapeseed growers are losing up to a quarter of their crop yield each year because of temperature rises during an early-winter...
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IPBES: Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’
Current global response insufficient; 'transformative changes' needed to restore and protect nature; opposition from vested interests can be overcome for public good; most comprehensive assessment...
UNH researchers discover new strain of canine distemper in wild animals in NH, VT
Virus highly contagious to domesticated dogsCredit: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department DURHAM, N.H.--A distinct strain of canine distemper virus, which is a widespread virus of...
Dataset bridges human vision and machine learning
Neuroscience, computer vision collaborate to better understand visual information processing PITTSBURGH--Neuroscientists and computer vision scientists say a new dataset of unprecedented size -- comprising brain...
Taming defective porous materials for robust and selective heterogeneous catalysis
Credit: Manuel A. Ortuño (ICIQ) The production of 1-butene via ethylene dimerization is one of the few industrial processes that employs homogeneous catalysis due to...
Filming how our immune system kill bacteria
To kill bacteria in the blood, our immune system relies on nanomachines that can open deadly holes in their targets. UCL scientists have now filmed...
Hopping bacteria
New look at behavior upends common assumptions about bacteriaCredit: Courtesy of the researchers Current biological models assume that many bacteria spread in a run-and-tumble pattern...
Rethinking digital service design could reduce their environmental impact
Digital technology companies could reduce the carbon footprint of services like YouTube by changing how they are designed, experts say. Human-Computer Interaction researchers from the...
Five things to know about physician suicide
Physician suicide is an urgent problem with rates higher than suicide rates in the general public, with potential for extensive impact on health care systems....
High rates of Indigenous people in jail is a health crisis
The overincarceration of Indigenous people in Canada is a health crisis, causing more years of life to be lost than premature death from heart disease,...
Program involving community volunteers shows promise for reducing health care use by seniors
Incorporating community volunteers into the health care system shows promise in reducing health care usage by older adults and shifting health care from hospitals to...
Nearly half of public wrongly believe heart failure is normal in old age
Low awareness of heart failure among patients and the public is highlighted in surveys to be presented during Heart Failure 2019 the annual congress of...
Fitness may affect risk of lung, colorectal cancer and survival likelihood after diagnosis
In a recent study, adults who were the most fit had the lowest risk of developing lung and colorectal cancer. Also, among individuals who developed...
Index that tracks impact of pharmaceuticals worldwide to relaunch, focus on more diseases
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The Global Health Impact Index, developed by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York to rank pharmaceutical companies based on...
UV lights on power lines may help save Sandhill cranes
Credit: James Dwyer, EDM International Crane species are declining around the world, and lethal collisions with power lines are an ongoing threat to many crane...
