Study examines for risk factors associated with initiation of substance use
Not all individuals who initiate use of a substance such as nicotine, alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine eventually develop a substance use disorder, indicating that the...
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Military sexual assault linked to PTSD and depression in LGB veterans
In a Journal of Traumatic Stress study of military veterans, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) veterans were twice as likely to have experienced sexual assault...
Eye conditions provide new lens screening for Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer's disease is difficult to diagnose as well as treat, but researchers now have a promising new screening tool using the window to the brain:...
Fulbright fellowship to fund study on mental health benefits of cooperative movement
(Virginia Tech) Brennan Delattre, a lab manager and research assistant at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for the 2018-2019...
INL wins two FLC Far West Regional Awards
Credit: Federal Laboratory Consortium Idaho National Laboratory has been honored with two Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) Awards in 2018 in the Far West Region. The...
A scientific dating game: biologists play RNA-protein matchmakers
Virtually all functions in our bodies require precise interactions between radically different types of molecules. The vast majority of the time, these encounters yield nothing,...
Those fragrances you enjoy? Dinosaurs liked them first
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The compounds behind the perfumes and colognes you enjoy have been eliciting olfactory excitement since dinosaurs walked the Earth amid the first...
Penn Medicine immunologist receives early career honor from Burroughs Wellcome Fund
PHILADELPHIA--Jorge Henao-Mejia, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has received...
Genetic ‘toolkit’ helps periwinkles gain advantage on the seashore
Credit: University of Sheffield Periwinkles, struggling to survive the seashore battleground, have developed a genetic 'toolkit' to help them adapt to different environments, a new...
Mojave Desert birds crashed over the last century due to climate change
Credit: Chelsea Hofmeier photos Bird communities in the Mojave Desert straddling the California/Nevada border have collapsed over the past 100 years, most likely because of...
Top-performing soil microbes could be key to sustainable agriculture
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Beautiful things can happen when plants surround themselves with the right microbes. A study on Acmispon strigosus, a plant...
California’s Mendocino complex of fires now largest in state’s history
Credit: NASA image courtesy of the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) project. Caption by Lynn Jenner with information from...
Oregon has its share of fire storms
NASA's Aqua satellite captured the image of the fires and smoke blowing from them on August 06, 2018 with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, MODIS,...
Capturing elephants from the wild shortens their lives
Credit: Virpi Lummaa The study shows that even years after capture, the mortality rate of wild-caught elephants remains increased, and their average life expectancy is...
Iron-silica particles unlock part of the mystery of Earth’s oxygenation
The oxygenation of Earth's atmosphere was thanks, in part, to iron and silica particles in ancient seawater, according to a new study by geomicrobiologists at...
