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Environmental Conservation

Camera trap video offers rare glimpse of world's rarest gorilla

Conservationists working in Cameroon's Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary have collected the first camera trap video footage of the Cross River gorilla. With fewer than…

Life & Chemistry

Parallel Selection Tweaks Genes for Bigger, Heavier Mice

Organisms are adapted to their environment through their individual characteristics, like body size and body weight. Such complex traits are usually controlled…

Business and Finance

Consumer Access to Car Loans Rises After Repo Law Changes

The study from the Consortium on Financial Systems and Poverty examines car loans from one of Brazil’s leading banks before and after a 2004 law that enabled…

Earth Sciences

University of Pittsburgh Geologists Map Prehistoric Climate Changes in Canada’s Yukon Territory

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have joined an international group of scientists to study past climate changes in the Arctic. Comprising geologists…

Corporate News

Siemens Wins Major Service Contract for Medical Tech in Australia

Consequently, Siemens will be providing services that will manage procurement, installation, maintenance, and regular system replacements of diagnostic and…

Event News

WWU hosts Germany’s Biggest Giftedness Congress

The Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU) is to host the largest congress on research into giftedness yet seen in Germany. “Giftedness across the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Beetle-Fungus Disease Threatens Southern California Crops

A plant pathologist at the University of California, Riverside has identified a fungus that has been linked to the branch dieback and general decline of…

Health & Medicine

Diverse Regulatory T Cells Help Manage Rheumatoid Arthritis

Now, researchers at The Wistar Institute announce that it takes a diverse array of regulatory T cells (a specialized subset of white blood cells) to prevent…

Earth Sciences

New Research Brings Satellite Measurements and Global Climate Models Closer

The finding is important because it helps confirm that models that simulate global warming agree with observations, said Stephen Po-Chedley, a UW graduate…

Earth Sciences

Adirondack Lakes Lose Ice Cover as Climate Warms

Since 1975, five high-elevation lakes in the Adirondacks have had rapid decreases in the duration of ice cover and are now frozen for 7 to 21 fewer days on…

Studies and Analyses

Early Study Finds Brighter Fluorescent Lights Prevent Myopia

In an early step in that direction, results of a study found that small increases in daily artificial light slowed the development of nearsightedness by 40…

Life & Chemistry

Mystery of the Missing Breast Cancer Genes

That's despite a documented link between breast cancer genes and increased fertility in women.Dr Jack da Silva from the University's School of Molecular &…

Health & Medicine

New Insights for Targeted Heart Disease Treatments Unveiled

The study appears today in PLoS ONE, a peer-reviewed international journal published by the Public Library of Science. It is available online:…

Health & Medicine

Understanding Unique Physiology for Diabetes Care in Asians

“The medical profession needs to be aware of and address the unique characteristics of this population,” said George L. King, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer at…

Life & Chemistry

Dental Stem Cell Advances: Insights from Transplant Studies

Induced pluripotent stem cells from immature dental pulp stem cellsA Brazilian and American team of researchers used human immature dental pulp stem cells…

Materials Sciences

African Scientist Designs Anti-Malaria Garment to Ward Off Bugs

Though insecticide-treated nets are commonly used to drive away mosquitoes from African homes, the Cornell prototype garment can be worn throughout the day to…

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