Sniffing out sharks
A white shark's acute sense of smell is legendary, allowing it to detect a potential meal several miles away -- and giving pause to those...
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‘High-yield’ farming costs the environment less than previously thought — and could help spare habitats
Agriculture that appears to be more eco-friendly but uses more land may actually have greater environmental costs per unit of food than "high-yield" farming that...
Novel framework to address uncertainty in water management
IIASA researchers have developed a general decision-making framework to support policy decisions on the management of water resources, which, for the first time, explicitly takes...
China’s energy policies must balance air quality, carbon emissions and water scarcity goals
Credit: Egan Jimenez, Princeton University PRINCETON, N.J.--Committed to addressing the country's severe air pollution, China is attempting a shift from coal to natural gas and...
FedEx Corp. pledges challenge grant in support of youth education at Lone Oaks Farm
Credit: Photo by M. Sides, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has received a $1 million challenge grant from...
Big data studies scrutinize links between fatty liver disease and how cells make energy
Credit: Wikimedia user Nephron Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affects up to 40 percent of American adults. Though the condition produces no noticeable symptoms, one out...
Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health receives five-year funding
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), one of the National Institutes of Health, have announced that the Woods...
Aerial survey reveals great diversity & abundance in NE Canyons Marine National Monument
BOSTON, MA (Sept. 13, 2018) -- Airborne marine biologists were amazed by the sheer abundance and diversity of large marine wildlife in their recent aerial...
The walking dead: Fossils on the move can distort patterns of mass extinctions
Credit: Figure by Nawrot et al. in Proceedings of the Royal Society B GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Using the fossil record to accurately estimate the timing...
We have more than enough calories, but what about other nutrients?
The United Nation's second Sustainable Development Goal targets the end of malnutrition in all forms by 2030. But new research shows that to meet this...
Sniffing out error in detection dog data
Credit: Courtesy of Karen DeMatteo/Washington University A new study in the journal Scientific Reports gets to the bottom of it: Why do dogs that are...
Viruses under the microscope
Credit: Team Prusty Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infects almost all of the human population, but only very few will show any symptoms during their lifetime:...
Pew grant to study nutrient and microbe influence on glucose sensitivity
Baltimore, MD--The Pew Charitable Trust has awarded Carnegie's Steve Farber and colleague John F. Rawls of Duke University a $200,000 grant to investigate how dietary...
Scientists reveal drumming helps schoolchildren diagnosed with autism
Credit: University of Chichester Drumming for an hour a week can help autistic children learn in school Study shows pupils' ability to follow instructions improved...
New method promises fewer side effects from cancer drugs
Credit: Pexels Protein research is one of the hottest areas in medical research because proteins make it possible to develop far more effective pharmaceuticals for...
