NASA detects drop in global fires
Credit: Credits: Joshua Stevens/NASA's Earth Observatory Shifting livelihoods across the tropical forest frontiers of South America, the Eurasian Steppe, and the savannas of Africa are...
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Engineering Academies host 2017 Global Grand Challenges Summit in Washington – July 18-20
The third Global Grand Challenges Summit (GGCS), jointly organized by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the U.K. Royal Academy of Engineering, and the...
A perturbed skin microbiome can be ‘contagious’ and promote inflammation, Penn study finds
Even in healthy individuals, the skin plays host to a menagerie of bacteria, fungi and viruses. Growing scientific evidence suggests that this lively community, collectively...
Internists make recommendations at meeting with HHS Secretary
Washington (June 28, 2017) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) today told a meeting convened by Health and Human Services (HHS) Department Secretary Tom...
Why does acupuncture work?
Credit: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine LOS ANGELES - The use of acupuncture to treat pain dates back to the earliest recorded history in China....
Common antimicrobials help patients recover from MRSA abscesses
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are resistant to multiple antibiotics and commonly cause skin infections that can lead to more serious or...
Car seat laws for older kids have limited impact
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Laws that require increasingly older kids to sit in car safety seats appear to have limited impact, new research has found. The...
Even perfectly clean hands can lead to MRSA transmission in NICU babies
Even if hospital workers practice perfect hand hygiene, MRSA can still spread among babies in the NICU, according to new research led by a Drexel...
Is this the long-sought answer to the question of tropical biodiversity?
Credit: Steve Paton, STRI Visitors to the tropics are amazed by the huge variety of colorful, complex and sometimes ferocious creatures living near the equator....
Scientists find mechanism behind precise spinal cord development
Credit: Anna Kicheva Scientists have uncovered how nerve cells in the spinal cord are organised in precise patterns during embryo development - a finding that...
Exciting new material uses solar energy to remove man-made dye pollutants from water
Credit: Daniel Jones/Swansea University A novel composite material has been developed by scientists in the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University which shows...
Live-pig markets and traders could provide insight to controlling African swine fever
Credit: FAO Understanding how live pigs are traded between villages and backyard farmers can help health agencies better understand how devastating swine diseases spread, according...
Wildlife of northern Central African Republic in danger
Credit: B.Mandaba/Ecofaune+ The first aerial assessment of the impact of Central African Republic's recent conflict on wildlife and other natural resources in the northern part...
Study shows high pregnancy failure, nutritional stress in southern resident killer whales
Credit: Jane Cogan Study shows high pregnancy failure in southern resident killer whales; links to nutritional stress and low salmon abundance A multi-year survey of...
Researchers find link between food allergies and childhood anxiety
June 29, 2017 -- Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology and Albert Einstein College of Medicine...
