Protecting piping plovers
Credit: Roger Eriksson EAST LANSING, Mich. – Visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore are often treated to tiny scurrying beachcombers – piping plovers. Future...
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Combined $54.5M gift creates a brighter future for children and women
(Edmonton) – The sound of footsteps ascending the stairs heralds six-year-old triplets David, Ryan and Liam Ennis. They spill into the living room laughing and...
New tiny arboreal toad species from India is just small enough for its own genus
IMAGE: A Blythophryne beryet toad sitting on leaf surface. Credit: Dr. Ramesh K. Aggarwal Found on a herb bush, a toad of only 24 mm...
Food scientists are developing a low-cost tool for detecting bacteria in food, water
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Food scientist Lili He and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that they have developed a new,...
New Wayne State research findings offers hope to people with…
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT – A novel psychological therapy that encourages addressing emotional experiences related to trauma, conflict and relationship problems has...
What is high lipoprotein(a), and should I be concerned?
Credit: McGill University Health Center Montreal, Feb. 22, 2017 – A team of researchers from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC)...
Scientists suggest way to predict the behavior of invasive weeds
Credit: Invasive Plant Science volume 10 issue 4 front cover WESTMINSTER, Colo. – Dec. 28, 2017 – Is it possible to predict which nonnative plant...
$1.9 million NIH grant to Wayne State to develop novel therapy for…
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT – Wayne State University recently received a five-year, $1.925 million grant from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes...
Cells from same cell bank lots may have vast genetic variability
In a surprise finding, researchers working with breast cancer cells purchased at the same time from the same cell bank discovered that the cells responded...
New tool demonstrates high cost of lack of sleep in the workplace
BOSTON, MA – Sleep disorders and sleep deficiency are hidden costs that affect employers across America. Seventy percent of Americans admit that they routinely get...
Adult brains produce new cells in previously undiscovered area
A University of Queensland discovery may lead to new treatments for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). UQ Queensland Brain Institute scientists have discovered...
Need for enhanced nursing and post-acute transitional care models for rising obesity…
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 26, 2017) – Elderly, chronically ill people experience frequent changes in health status that require transitions among health care providers...
Study finds stigma regarding weight loss may be overblown
A qualitative study from North Carolina State University finds that most people who have lost a lot of weight don't perceive themselves as being "judged"...
Federally subsidized shrubs, grasses crucial to sage grouse survival…
Credit: Wash. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife The sage grouse is an exceptionally showy bird and an icon of the American West. But its sagebrush...
Dozens of new wildlife corridors identified for African mammals
Credit: Courtesy Tim Caro/UC Davis Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have identified 52 potential wildlife corridors linking protected areas across Tanzania. Using a...
