Logging threatens breeding turtles
Credit: Juan Patiño Debris from logging in tropical forests is threatening the survival of hatchling leatherback turtles and the success of mothers at one of...
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Some stroke survivors disregard doctors’ advice on medications
Some stroke survivors say they are disregarding general practitioners' (GP) advice on secondary prevention medications, such as statins, with some patients stopping their medication completely,...
Nutrition report calls for greater cooperation and coordination in promotion of pulse
NEW YORK, April 6, 2017 - A special issue of Annals published by the New York Academy of Sciences, stresses how increased pulse consumption could...
New medication significantly decreases involuntary movement
Credit: University of South Florida Tampa, FL (April 7, 2017) Antipsychotic treatment can cause involuntary movements such as lip smacking, tongue protrusions and excessive eye...
400 million years of a stable relationship
Credit: Dr. Daniela Floss ITHACA, NY-- Walking through a grassy field or forest take a moment to consider what lies beneath the surface. A web...
UC Davis Native American studies professor receives Mellon Foundation Fellowship
Credit: Jeffrey Day Liza Grandia, associate professor of Native American studies at the University of California, Davis, has received a $270,000 Mellon Foundation New Directions...
Satellites map carbon sequestered by forests, with accuracy of up to 10 meters
Led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the EU North State project has developed a new method of using satellite images to evaluate the...
‘Nesting doll’ minerals offer clues to Earth’s mantle dynamics
Credit: Image is courtesy of Yingwei Fei. Washington, DC -- Recovered minerals that originated in the deep mantle can give scientists a rare glimpse into...
Rescue protein gives doomed cells a stay of ‘execution’
A research team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital immunologists has discovered how a set of proteins delays the "executioner" machinery that kills damaged...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Ernie intensify
Credit: Credits: NASA The storm formerly known as tropical cyclone 15S, now called Tropical Cyclone Ernie continued to strengthen as NASA's Aqua satellite captured a...
Claude-André Faucher-Giguère receives NSF honor for young faculty
(Northwestern University) Northwestern University astrophysicist Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, an expert in galaxy formation, has received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award fro..
NYU professor wins award for research into sustainable clothing manufacturing
BROOKLYN, New York - Currently, many types of fabrics, including nylon, are made in an energy-intensive, unsustainable process that uses fossil fuel. Now, NYU Tandon...
Ovarian cancer patients get access to life-extending drug
Cancer patients in America are now receiving a life-extending drug developed by scientists at Newcastle University. Women with recurrent ovarian cancer have access to the...
Driver privacy can be compromised in usage-based insurance systems
BEER-SHEVA, Israel...April 7, 2017 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have demonstrated that is possible to compromise a driver's private information stored in...
PET radiotracer design for monitoring targeted immunotherapy
Credit: Sam Gambhir, MD, PhD, Stanford University In an article published in the April issue of "The Journal of Nuclear Medicine," researchers at Stanford University...
