Mouse in the house tells tale of human settlement
Credit: Photo by Lior Weissbrod. Long before the advent of agriculture, hunter-gatherers began putting down roots in the Middle East, building more permanent homes and...
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New NIFA study shows capacity funding is a valued investment to states
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 27, 2017 - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) released a new report...
USDA announces $300,000 in funding available for youth farm safety
WASHINGTON, D.C. March 27, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture today announced $300,000 in available funding to...
Psychologists enlist machine learning to help diagnose depression
Credit: David M Schnyer, Peter C. Clasen, Christopher Gonzalez and Christopher G. Beevers Depression affects more than 15 million American adults, or about 6.7 percent...
Kent State chemists create microscopic environment to study cancer cell growth
Credit: Photo provided by Kent State University According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920...
New finding could lead to earlier liver cancer diagnosis
Credit: Melanie Gonick/MIT In many parts of the world, including Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, exposure to a fungal product called aflatoxin is believed to...
Kessler Foundation renews collaboration with Children’s Specialized Hospital
Credit: Kessler Foundation March 27, East Hanover, NJ/New Brunswick, NJ--Kessler Foundation, a global leader in rehabilitation research, and Children's Specialized Hospital, the nation's l..
Researchers show p300 protein may suppress leukemia in MDS patients
Credit: The website of the National Cancer Institute (https://www.cancer.gov). MIAMI, March 27, 2017 - Scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami...
Renewable energy has robust future in much of Africa
Credit: UC Berkeley As Africa gears up for a tripling of electricity demand by 2030, a new Berkeley study maps out a viable strategy for...
The economic case for wind and solar energy in Africa
Credit: Grace Wu/Berkeley Lab To meet skyrocketing demand for electricity, African countries may have to triple their energy output by 2030. While hydropower and fossil...
Researchers create artificial materials atom-by-atom
Credit: Ella Maru Studio & Aalto University Researchers at Aalto University have manufactured artificial materials with engineered electronic properties. By moving individual atoms under their...
Basic microbiology research study unexpectedly uncovers practical findings for growers
Credit: The American Phytopathological Soceity St. Paul, Minn. (March 2017)--Cover cropping, or the practice of growing unharvested crops to protect and enrich the soil during...
Cookbooks give readers (mostly) bad advice on food safety
A recent study finds that bestselling cookbooks offer readers little useful advice about reducing food-safety risks, and that much of the advice they do provide...
Timing a space laser with a NASA-style stopwatch
Loading video... Credit: NASA'S Goddard Space Flight Center/Ryan Fitzgibbons To time how long it takes a pulse of laser light to travel from space to...
For the birds: New prediction method sheds brighter light on flight
Credit: (Photo: Lentink Lab, Stanford University) ARLINGTON, Va.--Resembling a feathered flying ace with his miniature protective goggles and chinstrap, the parrotlet named Obie stood ready...
