Tennessee students win national soil judging competition
Credit: UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- While most of the country is focused on basketball this time of year, March means a different kind of competition...
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OU study reveals trends of US surface water body area over three decades
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma research study, led by Professor Xiangming Xiao, reveals the divergent trends of open surface water bodies in...
Study tracks impact of neonatal abstinence syndrome on state Medicaid programs
In the United States, one infant is born every 15 minutes with withdrawal symptoms after being exposed to opioids before birth, according to a new...
LC-MS/MS Identification and characterization of biodegradation products of Nitroproston
Credit: Dr. Natalia Vladimirovna Mesonzhnik et al., Bentham Science Publishers Nitroproston (11(S),15(S)-dihydroxy-9-keto-5Z,13E-prostadienoic acid 1?,3?-dinitroglycerol ester) is a novel prostagla..
Study challenges previous findings that antidepressants affect breastfeeding
New research does not support the previously observed negative impacts of antidepressant use on breastfeeding. In the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study, use of...
Promising drug may stop cancer-causing gene in its tracks
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University scientists are testing a promising drug that may stop a gene associated with obesity from triggering breast and...
In laboratory, SLU scientist turns off chemo pain
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- In a recent paper published in the journal Pain, Saint Louis University researchers describe their success in an...
Prenatal choline intake increases grey and white matter in piglets
Credit: Stephanie Henry, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Choline intake during pregnancy can influence infant metabolism and brain development, according to a series of...
Symposium explores scope, solutions to opioid epidemic
Legislators, law enforcement officials, political leaders and medical experts will address the opioid epidemic during a wide-ranging symposium set for April 18. Sponsored by the...
Rocky habitats need to be protected for endangered amphibians to survive
Credit: Lewis Davies/University of Plymouth Rare amphibians living on rocky plateaux in western India are in desperate need of greater protection as their habitats are...
How infighting turns toxic for chimpanzees
Credit: Photo by Geza Teleki. DURHAM, N.C. -- Power. Ambition. Jealousy. According to a new study, the same things that fuel deadly clashes in humans...
Research reveals a new direction for halting the citrus greening epidemic
Credit: Marina Mann ITHACA, NY - New clues to how the bacteria associated with citrus greening infect the only insect that carries them could lead...
Are fire ants worse this spring because of Hurricane Harvey?
Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University HOUSTON -- (March 26, 2018) -- Rice University ecologists are checking to see if Hurricane Harvey's unprecedented floods gave a competitive...
Animal migrations
Forty million miles of major roads crisscross the Earth's continents -- enough to circle the planet 1,600 times. For humans, these thoroughfares are a boon,...
Rapid adaptation
This story begins in the kelp forest and ends with a very important climate change message: All is not lost -- at least not for...
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