Precaution and governance of emerging technologies
Precautionary approaches to governance of emerging technology, which call for constraints on the use of technology whose potential harms and other outcomes are highly uncertain,...
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Study: climate change already dramatically disrupting all elements of nature
Credit: KIT M. KOVACS - CHRISTIAN LYDERSEN NPI Study in journal Science says every aspect of life on earth impacted -- from genes to entire...
How bacteria make it rain (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2016 -- The oceans are covered with a thin film of organic matter and bacteria, many of...
New eye pressure test could prevent vision loss in older adults
Credit: University of Missouri Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Nov. 10, 2016) -- By age 75, approximately half of all Americans will develop cloudy vision caused by...
Smartphones offer promise in better gauging rural life, researchers find
The use of smartphones enhances self-reporting of weather incidents, school attendance, illness, and other aspects of daily life in rural areas, a team of researchers...
Testing stem cells as possible treatment for heart failure
Credit: Sarah Pack Stem cells are being tested at the Medical University of South Carolina as a possible treatment for heart failure with a preserved...
Patients eager to test device that could ease heart failure symptoms
Credit: Anne Thompson Jimmy McMillan doesn't know if it's science or wishful thinking that's making him feel better, but he's starting to believe a round...
Repeatedly thinking about work-family conflict linked to health problems
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Thinking over and over again about conflicts between your job and personal life is likely to damage both your mental and physical...
Environmental policy center to convene Great Lakes mayors
Credit: UIC The Freshwater Lab, a University of Illinois at Chicago-based environmental research and policy center, has been awarded two grants to support its work...
Getting doctors and nurses to work together at patient bedsides
The structure of health care systems helps determine how doctors and nurses collaborate during hospital rounds, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. A...
International consortium receives $36.9 million grant to fight typhoid
Baltimore, MD, November 10, 2016 - Typhoid fever, a bacterial infection that causes high fever and other disabling symptoms, remains a serious global problem in...
Penn-led team receives DARPA support to develop ‘next generation’ social science
A scientific team led by the University of Pennsylvania has received an award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop and validate reproducible...
UM researchers document ancient and methane-derived carbon in stoneflies
MISSOULA - New research by scientists at the University of Montana's Flathead Lake Biological Station has documented the first example of freshwater consumers using ancient...
Scientists reveal how a common virus triggers blood cancer
Credit: University of Sussex Scientists at the University of Sussex, trying to uncover how the common Epstein-Barr virus causes blood cancer in adults and children,...
Moffitt researchers predict melanoma responses through mathematical modeling
TAMPA, Fla. (Nov. 10, 2016) -- Scientists have significantly improved their understanding of cancer and have developed numerous therapies that have helped to reduce patient...
