Livestock grazing effects on sage-grouse
Effects of livestock grazing on greater sage-grouse populations can be positive or negative depending on the amount of grazing and when grazing occurs, according to...
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Corals die as global warming collides with local weather in the South China Sea
Credit: Photo by Thomas DeCarlo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution In the South China Sea, a 2°C rise in the sea surface temperature in June 2015...
Canada funds $125 million Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy
Credit: CIFAR The Government of Canada is funding a Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy for research and talent that will cement Canada's position as a world...
An algorithm that knows when you’ll get bored with your favorite mobile game
Credit: Silicon Studio The video game industry has been shaken up by the emergence of smartphone games, aimed at users who are constantly connected to...
3-D bioprinted human cartilage cells can be implanted
Credit: Philip Krantz Swedish researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and Sahlgrenska Academy have successfully induced human cartilage cells to live and grow in an...
Portland State U research shows some viruses can infect even after major mutations
Credit: Portland State University Portland State University researchers have found that only about half the genes in a specific virus affecting single cell organisms is...
Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center receives $360,000 NSF grant
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University's Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC), a United States Department of Energy designated center, has receiv..
Leroy Hubert, Jr., Ph.D., receives ACMG Foundation/David L. Rimoin Inspiring Excellence Award
The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine is proud to announce that Leroy Hubert, Jr., PhD from Baylor College of Medicine is the recipient...
Tamanna Ratti Roshan Lal receives Sanofi Genzyme/ACMG Foundation Genetics Training Award
Recognized for her work in Clinical Biochemical Genetics, Tamanna Ratti Roshan Lal MB ChB was honored as the recipient of the Sanofi Genzyme Award presented...
The ACMG Foundation announces recipient of the ACMG Foundation Carolyn Mills Lovell Award
Allison Mitchell, MS, CGC was presented with the ACMG Foundation Carolyn Mills Lovell Award at the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) 2017...
The ACMG Foundation announces first nine recipients of Shire Training Fellowship Awards
The first nine recipients of the ACMG Foundation/Shire Laboratory Geneticist Fellowship Awards and Clinical Genetics Residency Program were announced during the American College of Medical...
Immune study in chickens reveals key hurdle for Campylobacter vaccine effort
New University of Liverpool research reveals that the immune response of farmed chickens does not develop fast enough to fight off Campylobacter during their short...
UTIA student fellows to tackle sustainable agriculture in the Rainforest
Credit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Producing sustainable yields in harmony with conserving the rainforest: a win-win for the people of Belize and the...
New study maps space dust in 3-D
Credit: Gregory M. Green/SLAC, KIPAC Consider that the Earth is just a giant cosmic dust bunny -- a big bundle of debris amassed from exploded...
JNeurosci: Highlights from the March 22 issue
Breast Cancer Drug Could Be Repurposed to Treat Eye Diseases Diseases of the retina (the thin sheet of cells at the back of the eye),...