Bed bug education program promotes awareness, prevention in schools
Annapolis, MD; Dec. 12, 2016 --- In communities where bed bugs are present, educating teachers and children about them is a powerful tool for prevention....
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An informatics approach helps better identify chemical combinations in consumer products
Credit: Illustration by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By using products such as soap, shampoo, body lotion, toothpaste and makeup, the average consumer may be...
Press Registration is Now Open to Health, Science and Genetics Media for 2017 ACMG Meeting
Named one of the fastest growing meetings in the USA by the Trade Show Executive Magazine, the ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting continues to provide...
Breast cancer update: Sentinel node biopsy guidelines encourage ‘less is more’ approach
Credit: Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE (Dec. 12, 2016) - New recommendations from breast cancer experts on sentinel lymph node biopsy reinforce the most recent...
TSRI scientists devise new approaches to personalized medicines
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Dec. 12, 2016 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed...
Research unlocks clues to language-based learning in children
Credit: MU College of Education COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), one in five individuals are impacted by language-based...
Faster (cheaper) method for making big bioactive ring molecules
Credit: Johnston lab, Vanderbilt University Ring molecules called cyclic depsipeptides play an important role in living organisms. Microbes make them as part of their chemical...
Chemists uncover a means to control catalytic reactions
TORONTO, ON - Scientists at the University of Toronto have found a way to make catalysis - the use of catalysts to facilitate chemical reactions...
Nutrition program improves food stamp family’s food security
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Food stamp participants who participated in a supplemental nutrition education program were able to improve their food security by 25 percent,...
What satellites can tell us about how animals will fare in a changing climate
Credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service/Eric Regehr From the Arctic to the Mojave Desert, terrestrial and marine habitats are rapidly changing. These changes impact animals...
Blood test could provide cheaper, better way for doctors to manage lung cancer
Profiling the genes of lung-tumor cells from patient blood samples may be a cheap, noninvasive way to help doctors choose the right treatments, according to...
Even with maximized yields, sub-Saharan Africa won’t grow enough grain in 2050
Lincoln, Nebraska, Dec. 12, 2016 - Maximizing cereal crops yields in sub-Saharan Africa would still fail to meet the region's skyrocketing grain demand by 2050,...
Reseracher finds ‘identity loan’ common in undocumented workers
A new study from the University of Colorado Denver challenges portrayals of identity theft in workplaces dominated by undocumented immigrants. Research published by anthropology researcher...
Mitigating the risk of geoengineering
Credit: NASA The planet is warming at an unprecedented rate and reducing emissions of greenhouse gasses alone is not enough to remove the risk. Last...
Researchers explain why feather shafts change shape when under stress
Credit: UC San Diego Researchers at the University of California San Diego for the first time have revealed why the shape of the feather shaft...
